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
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
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
Thanks to all the hawk-eyed readers who pointed this out.
From Economist ● Sep. 23, 2012
This was a district of suburban streets and small shops, and before long, hawk-eyed Asta, with Ben flying close to her, cried out, “Left! Left!”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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