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
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
There are some handsomely photographed train wrecks, but except for Frank Faylen's lynx-eyed portrait of a killer, Whispering Smith is a conventional western in every detail.
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
The Grand Duke would sit, lynx-eyed, up in his box, and take this all in.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen
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