beady eye

noun

1. informal.
   keen watchfulness that may be somewhat hostile

   he's got his beady eye on you

Derived Forms

• ˌbeady-ˈeyed, adjective

Example Sentences

The woman kept one hand free to admonish him—by his beady eye he required it—and to tend a simmering pot.

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The spotter was lounging against the check desk, and his beady eye seemed focused on Croly Addicks.

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Sorrow for his loss did not prevent Noborinosuké bringing a bright and beady eye on Aoyama Shūzen.

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The cabin, the sled, the scrub forest, all fell under the scrutiny of his beady eye.

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Twenty can play as well as one, croaked the parrot, his beady eye pressed between the bars of his cage.

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