The men inside were tough-looking and steely-eyed 89.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabotage in Space] Reference

In which the square-jawed, steely-eyed Stephen Captain Canada!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

In fact, the president's approach is one of steely-eyed realism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Chyba: Obama's Nuclear Realism] Reference

We're still making those mythic Americans, those steely-eyed rocket men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is 'Octomom' America's Future?] Reference

But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference

Some people, who are just steely-eyed and hardnosed, very difficult to get into.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2002] Reference

Once again, said steely-eyed negotiators out-negotiated the government negotiators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert L. Cavnar: BP Wins: EPA Will Agree to Cut Oil Spill Estimate] Reference

Square-jawed and steely-eyed, he even looked the part (100 extra pounds notwithstanding).    From Wordnik.com.  [From Swagger To Suicide] Reference

Instead, tight-jawed and steely-eyed, we confront our days looking confident and unafraid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roger Fransecky: How To Conquer Your Fear] Reference

Conlan nodded calmly, and Rooney did a double take at the star's patented steely-eyed squint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Step on a Crack]

Do you dread the admissions interview, fearing bizarre questions from a steely-eyed inquisitor?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Show Up In Shorts] Reference

The men inside were the same as those he had seen on the street, tough-looking, hard, steely-eyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabotage in Space] Reference

Something about the steely-eyed rocket men of the Mercury and Apollo programs: They weren't criers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sotomayor Hearing Escapes Gravity] Reference

He's got the cover of the NY Times Sunday magazine featuring a steely-eyed, strong-willed "Crusader.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Alderman: Rudy, the Tough Guy Pitch] Reference

Could that quiet, intense, steely-eyed federal agent really feel someone else's emotions, their fear?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunting Fear]

Of course, most of us like to think of ourselves as steely-eyed gunslingers on the side of the angels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shooting in Self Defense: What Justifies Lethal Force?] Reference

M. O'BRIEN: Sanjay Gupta, our steely-eyed brain surgeon, always a pleasure having you drop by -- Sanjay.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2006] Reference

There were steely-eyed heroes riding into town, guarding the town, or driving cattle far away from town.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Doom and Gloom" Begins?] Reference

"Poisoned," Gary rasped helplessly against the growling echoes, and the steely-eyed creature didn't blink.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woods Out Back]

I just love imagining her look of steely-eyed determination as she marches past you with her cup of "juice.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sammich, With Bevvies, To Go (A Urinary Tale)] Reference

He figured the steely-eyed officer was someone above reproach, whose commitment to his duty was unquestioned.    From Wordnik.com.  [1st to Die]

But such is Mr Obama's steely-eyed determination and unsmiling sense of purpose that you actually believe him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-24] Reference

They were certainly not receptive to carrying Clinton's message of steely-eyed resentment about Obama's appeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [John McCain and the Hillary Strategy] Reference

She had a steely-eyed, square-jawed look of determination that I suspect would have intimidated even my sisters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

"You tell me where, " Shalaman said, steely-eyed and commanding, while his personal bodyguards fell in behind him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The White Gryphon]

One was obviously Roman, hawk-nosed and steely-eyed, while the second wore his grey hair braided like a tribesman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

The character the most like Artemis is Fletcher Moon's nemesis, one steely-eyed, criminal-minded kid named Red Sharkey.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WritingYA Weblog: Another Eoin Adventure] Reference

The steely-eyed former computer programmer from Hunan province was jailed for a year after leading student protests in 1989.    From Wordnik.com.  [Testing Taboo, Hong Kong Is An Export Island Of] Reference

I turned to her and apologized, fully expecting to get the steely-eyed treatment that Michael gave me whenever our eyes met.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triumph by Jury] Reference

Just give them your best steely-eyed look and say, "You do realize you're not going to have any money to work with, don't you?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: When Talk Isn't Cheap: The Bailout, the Budget and Promises They Can't Keep] Reference

Imagine the busloads of these charlatans met by two or three hundred lined up, arms crossed and steely-eyed in the parking lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [At My Nose] Reference

I was relieved to see steely-eyed Italians carefully machining crabon components, rather than skinny, pale Chinese with coal lung.    From Wordnik.com.  [BSNYC Friday Business Networking Seminar!] Reference

Widmark specialized in tough guy roles; he certainly played his share of killers, cops, rugged cowboys, and steely-eyed military men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

No frenzied activity, no tense, steely-eyed men hovering over controls, no dramatic calls of "Dive, dive, dive," no blaring of kiaxons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice Station Zebra]

STARR: Lieutenant General Robert Clark, a steely-eyed Texas native in charge of the military response to Hurricane Rita in his home state.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2005] Reference

While I give the Administration plan high marks for its steely-eyed reassessment of priorities - it did a horrible job telling this story.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: February 2010 Archives] Reference