hawk-eyed
having very keen sight: a hawk-eyed guard.
Origin of hawk-eyed
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How to use hawk-eyed in a sentence
How could he sit before the hawk-eyed man whom he was about to meet without in some way betraying his secret?
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandIn contrast with the clean, hard, hawk-eyed miners, he looked blotched and unwholesome.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. ServiceHe was hawk-eyed, square-built, very red-faced, with an eye anything but expressive of saintly life.
Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] | J. Ewing RitchieI have observed, in doing business with lawyers, that they are exceedingly hawk-eyed, and jealous of everybody.
It behooved the voyager to observe a sleepless caution and a hawk-eyed vigilance.
British Dictionary definitions for hawk-eyed
having extremely keen sight
vigilant, watchful, or observant: hawk-eyed scrutiny
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