gimlet-eyed
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Though she is not a satirist, her gimlet-eyed prose conveys a caustic humor that feels more British than American.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Tina Fey’s send-up of a fictional “Saturday Night Live”-type show, and satirical look at the television business in general, is just as biting and gimlet-eyed as it was when it premiered almost 20 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
But there is also a great deal of love in the author’s portrait of his native city, his gimlet-eyed observations of everything from street crime to officially sanctioned graft.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023
Some experts predicted that the debate over the king’s role would fade away quickly, as the unionists busied themselves with a gimlet-eyed reading of the text of the Windsor Agreement.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Some had sour, gimlet-eyed faces; some had not yet lost the rolling gait of sea captains.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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