lynx-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lynx-eyed
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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In it, lynx-eyed Washington viewers can even catch a glimpse of D.C.’s most debonair collector, Mark Samuels Lasner, and a quick shot of the young Allan Stypeck, owner of Second Story Books.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2020
And because Chekhov was compassionate as well as lynx-eyed, Vanya shows how real the hurts can be, however comic the poses and self-pities.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a great couturier gives a showing, he may be sure that many a lynx-eyed copyist will attend, that many a minor dressmaker will quickly ape his best creations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Miscast as a morbidly jealous wife, Gertrude Lawrence manages to give her role a lynx-eyed dignity which is an excellent foil for the brittle vibrance of Miriam Hop kins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brave, to win a glance of hers, The rows of lynx-eyed dowagers!
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Lee, Agnes
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