private eye

My nickname was Captain, though I was a private, first class.

The role of private investigators has stirred controversy in the investigation.

But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.

As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.

As small letters weary the eye most, so also the smallest affairs disturb us most.

Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.