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
When Argus-eyed justice Did me hot pursue, From Yorktown to London Like lightning we flew.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
What a contrast to the dull earthy-hued little hen, for whose slightest favour he neglects food to raise his Argus-eyed fan, clattering his quill castanets and screaming challenges to his rivals!
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William
But to prevent disappointment we ought to mention that this phenomenon can only be witnessed by the Argus-eyed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917 by Various
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