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 with an effort, still turning upon us that kindly, penetrating eye, he went on with his narrative.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
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
Frau Gedike bustled about, endeavouring to conceal us well as she could the miserable condition of the room from the penetrating eye of the Geheimrath, but in vain.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
