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
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)
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
Yes, I knew it; they have a politician's penetrating eye for all things.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
