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Argus-eyed

American  
[ahr-guhs-ahyd] / ˈɑr gəsˌaɪd /

adjective

  1. having keen eyes; vigilant; watchful.


Argus-eyed British  

adjective

  1. keen-sighted; observant; vigilant

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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

Alas! in the moment of supreme triumph, whilst the Volunteers caracole so bravely down Sackville Street, we may detect grave symptoms of danger, which argus-eyed England scans with hope, while the Viceroy is laughing in the Castle.

From Project Gutenberg

Through her she commanded an army of spies who, for a drop of the crather, studied my lady's face, translated her thoughts, imagined motives, as servants will who are argus-eyed, imaginative, inquisitive, endowed with a hundred ears.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Gillin, argus-eyed as she thought herself, could not know that the chatelaine of Strogue had already passed through a part of the travail of her punishment.

From Project Gutenberg

Servants are argus-eyed and uncharitable in their conclusions.

From Project Gutenberg