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

But where was I to get my happy thought, and by what stroke of fortune could I reasonably hope to light upon a clue which had escaped the penetrating eye of my quondam colleague?

From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Green, Anna Katharine

During his absence my mother found me a bad companion: I was for ever falling into reverie, and a less penetrating eye than hers would have discovered that my symptoms were those of mental uneasiness.

From A Wife's Duty A Tale by Opie, Amelia Alderson

She was not afraid even of that royal lady's penetrating eye.

From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)