penetrating eye
Example Sentences
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Dayan did not touch the map lying in the middle of the table; he only looked straight ahead with his one penetrating eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
But any soldier with General Brereton's penetrating eye is bound to spot a flaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, Attilio had watched with a penetrating eye the manner in which the emissary of the Cardinal had come and gone.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Fr�ulein Perini had spoken of it as applicable, in two respects, to one present and to one absent, for the special interest of Bella had not escaped her penetrating eye.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
The rough skin for a cloak; the long, uncared-for hair; the wiry, weather-beaten frame; the lofty, calm, penetrating eye, were all eloquent as his lips.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus
