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
His penetrating eye appears to search into their hearts, and arrest their thoughts as they arise.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
The stranger again slightly inclined towards him, and—still more slightly—touched his hat; fixing on him, at the same time, an inquisitive penetrating eye, which really abashed, or rather perhaps alarmed him.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
She was not afraid even of that royal lady's penetrating eye.
From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
