penetrating eye
Example Sentences
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But any soldier with General Brereton's penetrating eye is bound to spot a flaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Then he bent a penetrating eye upon her.
From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
Still there was a look of anxiety on her fine countenance, which could not escape the penetrating eye of love.
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Opie, Amelia Alderson
His sagacious, penetrating eye, and stern, commanding air, as well as the brevity and decision with which he expressed himself, denoted the old warrior and leader.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
