hawk-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
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having extremely keen sight
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vigilant, watchful, or observant
hawk-eyed scrutiny
Etymology
Origin of hawk-eyed
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Of course now their alleged ruse appears to have been rumbled by a hawk-eyed reporter from The Athletic, they might not chance it.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2022
Holmes's real-life model was Doyle's professor, hawk-eyed diagnostician Joseph Bell; writers from Émile Gaboriau to Edgar Allen Poe offered fictional prototypes.
From Nature ● Jan. 24, 2017
Each campaign now watches hawk-eyed for the kind of small mistakes seen in Colorado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2016
Before the hawk-eyed age of the Internet, readers had to use snail-mail for their chiding missives pointing out an author’s mistakes, and Fleming received some lulus.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2015
Rahel watched hawk-eyed to try and gauge how much Ammu loved Sophie Mol, but couldn’t.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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