Argus-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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It is a transfixing beast, Argus-eyed and monolithic, pulsing with durable Kraftwerk beats, a monument to agitated awe.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2019
But Pan Am, grown to international complication, is still all within the grasp of Juan Trippe's Argus-eyed mind, down to the last pontoon float on the Alaska run.
From Time Magazine Archive
No, there was the oath of office, and the government that administered it had been found long-armed and Argus-eyed.
From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson
For once the Argus-eyed curiosity of a Yankee village, compared with which French or Austrian police are easy to baffle, was fairly eluded.
From The Old Folks' Party 1898 by Bellamy, Edward
Along the bulwarks of the ship, fore and aft, hung rows of large painted wooden shields, which gave an Argus-eyed aspect to the craft.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
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