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
But what their conduct really is is shown by the Argus-eyed surveillance to which women are subjected.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
We shall be away before the Argus-eyed Pressman is on the watch.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
Its place had been pre-empted by Argus-eyed regard for all matters affecting the preservation of Mr. Podmore's precious epidermis—the safety of his own skin.
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
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