eagle-eyed

[ ee-guhl-ahyd ]

/ ˈi gəlˌaɪd /

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adjective

having keen vision.

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Origin of eagle-eyed

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby eagle-eyed

eager beaver, eagerly, eagerness, eagle, eagle eye, eagle-eyed, eagle-hawk, eagle owl, Eagle Pass, eagle ray, eagle scout

How to use eagle-eyed in a sentence

Eagle-eyed Nelson Molina, who has been with the department since 1981, started the whole thing.
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Some eagle-eyed fans said they could see both Switzerland and Austria, the two countries that sandwich the tiny monarchy.
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The eagle-eyed teacher spied the movement and haled the aggressor to the floor.
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace
The old Indian fighter had that strange sense of proportion, that eagle-eyed view of life that the desert sometimes breeds.
Still Jim|Honor Willsie Morrow

No lounging now; the young man sat arrow-straight and eagle-eyed.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
"It isn't a joke, it's earnest," returned the girl, and a warm feeling arose in her heart for the eagle-eyed man in the high hat.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
Traces of the fierce, unsociable, eagle-eyed, hard-drinking hunter remained.
History of the United States|Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

British Dictionary definitions for eagle-eyed

eagle-eyed

adjective

having keen or piercing eyesight

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