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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Supervising the proceedings were stern-faced male and female guards with the hawk-eyed looks of chaperones at a high school dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2022
So I’ll ask Trollope and Jane Austen, two hawk-eyed comedians of manners who’d be sure to hit it off.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2020
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
Thanks to all the hawk-eyed readers who pointed this out.
From Economist • Sep. 23, 2012
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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