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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The loveliest garden I know is spoilt to my thinking by the impossibility of getting out of sight of the house, which stares down at you, Argus-eyed and unblinking, into whatever corner you may shuffle.

From The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth

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

Silly, ostrich-brained Yarmouth men! to fancy to escape detection by hiding around the corner of the church; and to think that the tithingman had no nose when he was so Argus-eyed.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse

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