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Meanings of keen-sighted in inglês
Having very keen vision.
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Capable of seeing to a great distance.
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Examples for "argus-eyed"
Examples for "argus-eyed"
1
It was Alvarez de Quadra, Bishop of Aquila, the argus-eyed ambassador of Spain.
2
His telephone message had thrown a cordon of argus-eyed men around New York.
3
Those agency employes were argus-eyed, watching each move made by him and his assistants.
4
Even the 'argus-eyed press' has no theory to offer.
5
The Capitol building gleamed, argus-eyed on the hill.
1
Pedro was dull, honorable, and frank; Juan was hawk-eyed and double-faced.
2
We did our last extracting from the hawk-eyed one yesterday.
3
She looked the picture of fleshy prosperity, a big handsome Jewess, hawk-eyed and rapacious.
4
Why then should the hawk-eyed one delay his own felicity?
5
Bouchard, hawk-eyed, stern, was standing by the street door.
1
At this ruefully expressive face, the lynx-eyed conclave laughed loud and long.
2
But he watched, lynx-eyed, the strong, brown face of his cousin.
3
Keen brokers, great operators, lynx-eyed newspaper reporters would soon corner him.
4
That lynx-eyed servant of De Froilette's saw you, as you know.
5
My mistress was lynx-eyed in all that related to Betts Shoreham and the governess.
1
The quick-sighted scout perceived his danger, without knowing how to remedy it.
2
She's mons'rous quick-sighted for wood an' such like-though good for nothin' else.
3
The captain heard this; and, as fear is ever quick-sighted, he instantly caught the object.
4
A glance, charged with such a meaning, could not escape the quick-sighted vigilance of a mother.
5
He took a positive pleasure in his work, and soon attracted the observation of his quick-sighted employer.
1
A ring at the bell brought a sharp-eyed maid to the door.
2
But presently a sharp-eyed Sparrow spied Mother Magpie sitting in her nest.
3
At first, Kachiun could not understand why his sharp-eyed scouts were shouting.
4
Their red jackets made them a conspicuous mark for the sharp-eyed settlers.
5
His charm was nice, but his sharp-eyed intellect was even more attractive.
1
The captain was sharp-sighted enough to observe the change in her manner.
2
The most sharp-sighted eye could not have discovered his place of concealment.
3
This hero is not sharp-sighted enough to see success when it comes.
4
He was ugly, and blind of an eye, yet very sharp-sighted withal.
5
He's too sharp-sighted not to have observed what has been going on.
Usage of keen-sighted in inglês
1
However, these horses are as nimble as cats, and almost as keen-sighted.
2
The young men composing this arrival were of this keen-sighted order.
3
Most of our large periscopes were shattered by keen-sighted German snipers.
4
O Jungfrau Els, I have the hunter's eyes, which are keen-sighted!
5
He knew no man more indulgent and keen-sighted than him.
6
You are all far too keen-sighted for me to say any more on that point.
7
At every step in the hitherto discouraging struggle Portia Van Brock had been his keen-sighted adviser, prompter, ally of proof.
8
Well, if you are not, I can only say you're not so keen-sighted a lawyer as I thought you were.
9
Moreover, Henry was precocious and keen-sighted beyond his years, and was not long in discovering his idol's predilection for his friend.
10
Walpole was a very shrewd and keen-sighted man, but he did not understand Queen Caroline or her feeling towards her husband.
11
Egmont and Horn were men of reckless daring, but they were not keen-sighted enough to perceive fully the consequences of their acts.
12
He was too keen-sighted, I suppose, to require spectacles, though how he managed to see in that light I could not tell.
13
A bee-hunter must be a most keen-sighted fellow, although there is not so much difficulty in the pursuit as may at first appear.
14
Many of the traits that Wills saw in Whicher became the stuff of the fictional detective hero: he was ordinary-looking, keen-sighted, sharp-witted, quiet.
15
Dispense with ornaments and colored patterns, glue up the eyes of the keen-sighted, and all men under heaven will learn to see for themselves.
16
What will be the end of this hideous concatenation of traitors betrayed and the revelations of the keen-sighted Incorruptible?...