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
It requires a certain special faculty, and a penetrating eye, to see the forms of life in their deeper individuality.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
The Colonel immediately rose, looking very grand as he turned and surveyed his daughter with his clear penetrating eye.'
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine
Having run his eye rapidly through the ranks, he selected one whose penetrating eye and intelligent countenance seemed to point him out as the fittest person to act the part of guide.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
