How to Use sharp-eyed in a Sentence

sharp-eyed

adjective
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  • Bring a camo hat to conceal your face from sharp-eyed ducks.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2020
  • But then, around 2 a.m., a sharp-eyed team member spies the tracks of a baby turtle in the dark and traces it back to a nest.
    — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • His sharp-eyed takes won him a Pulitzer for criticism in 1988.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Meryl is a hardheaded Candide, a sharp-eyed Don Quixote.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But sharp-eyed and quick-fingered viewers who pause the video will see Swift and Kelce standing hand-in-hand at the base of the tree, bathed in its glowing green light.
    — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Some believed that Hudson, sharp-eyed and constantly on the move, was like a wild bird himself—a hawk, perhaps, or an eagle.
    — Christoph Irmscher, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But sharp-eyed Swifties spotted her talon nail extensions, which were doughnut glazed with extra sparkle added.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Earlier in the half, sharp-eyed fans on social media even caught Eminem giving the finger to 49ers fans from a private box.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Sandy the cat is back with his family after surviving a tornado thanks to sharp-eyed rescuers.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Integral to his work’s profound effect is its sharp-eyed iconoclasm.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Another sharp-eyed observer, Thoreau lived a life apart.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
  • As the images began spreading, fact-checking organizations and sharp-eyed users quickly flagged them as fake.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • In other words, he has been widely recognized for seeing America’s problems with sharp-eyed clarity.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • The is achieved through expressive performance, sharp-eyed direction and deft choreography.
    — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The thankless task of debunking fake images and videos online has generally fallen upon news reporters, fact-checking websites and some sharp-eyed good Samaritans.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2019
  • Wide-eyed wonder becomes blind faith, just as sharp-eyed skepticism curdles into narrow-minded cynicism.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Created by Jenji Kohan and based on Piper Kerman’s memoir, the show was ribald, off-kilter, playfully knowing about female sexuality, and sharp-eyed about the prison-industrial complex.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
  • Then there is the proliferation of Indian satellites circling Earth, ranging from television broadcast satellites to sharp-eyed reconnaissance spacecraft feeding data to India's military.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2023

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