Menekrates looked at the lynx-eyed mask on its stand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
He sees more than the most lynx-eyed matron amongst us. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
I was when I knew that the honest lynx-eyed fellow was there. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
Breathing unevenly, she watched, lynx-eyed, every inch of Annie. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference
Slavery is no minute evil which lynx-eyed suspicion has ferreted out. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
I seemed to be able to see right through that tight-lipped, lynx-eyed mask. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays] Reference
"The wall crumbles," muttered a lynx-eyed Zuagir, peering through the lattice. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Wanderer]
Marjorie had conceived an instant and violent dislike for this lynx-eyed stranger. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
Curiously enough, Madame Midas, lynx-eyed as she was, never suspected the true state of affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Midas] Reference
Gardner told him in a few fierce sentences, watching him lynx-eyed, and Jassa was a sight to see. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
But did I betray my desperate plight to those lynx-eyed guardians of the public welfare of Winnipeg?. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
The lynx-eyed ushers were hard put to discover accommodation for the throng, and theatres were not out yet. From Wordnik.com. [THE UNMASKING OF A CAD] Reference
He has barbarian training, he is cat-footed, lynx-eyed and can hear a sword sing in its scabbard a mile away. From Wordnik.com. [Elric At The End of Time]
It would be dreadful if some lynx-eyed girl were to mark them and circulate a report that they were quarreling. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
A lynx-eyed, fiery man, with the spirit of an old knight in him; more of a hero than any modern I have seen for a long time. '. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
That fifteen-minute walk to the Serghievskaia, with the lynx-eyed guardian tramping at his heels, wrought new havoc with Ivan. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
The discovery that every move they had made had been watched by the lynx-eyed McAllister had instilled in them a profound respect. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
In the course of their descent, Mr. Jarvie and I became exposed to their lynx-eyed observation, and instantly half-a-dozen of armed. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy] Reference
But, on the contrary, with lynx-eyed penetration he had seen through the sacred books of the Hebrews, the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Love of Books : The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury] Reference
Hence, no doubt, the expression "lynx-eyed," which is so often used to indicate keen and sharp watchfulness from which nothing can escape. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Even the lynx-eyed, alert Susan had no fault to find. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
Come, such a shrewd and lynx-eyed creed is worth a bid. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
Woe betide von Gobendorff should he be spotted by one of the lynx-eyed. From Wordnik.com. [Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force] Reference
Mademoiselle Rogron's perturbation did not escape the lynx-eyed lawyer. From Wordnik.com. [The Celibates] Reference
But the lynx-eyed censors soon discovered this single, solitary book of. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8] Reference
(Sister Egeline had dropped no more than one; but my Lady is lynx-eyed.). From Wordnik.com. [In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers] Reference
"I think we shall not need to trouble you to do so," cried the lynx-eyed. From Wordnik.com. [Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)] Reference
Then it would be late at night, when he could evade the lynx-eyed Confederate officer. From Wordnik.com. [Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War] Reference
He sought his son's eye; but lynx-eyed, taciturn, immovable, Soames gave no answering look. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
I can baffle even the Paris detective, much more the lynx-eyed emissaries of Lincoln, Seward & Co. From Wordnik.com. [Macaria] Reference
Watching her like that, unseen, I seemed to be able to see right through that tight-lipped, lynx-eyed mask. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy] Reference
Gentle and lovable as she was in every other aspect, towards Sebastian she seemed like a lynx-eyed detective. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose] Reference
So it was that the lynx-eyed office staff began to wonder if, after all, Pop Henderson was the wizard that he had claimed to be. From Wordnik.com. [Emma McChesney and Co.] Reference
In my circumstances I would rather be the first to enter than the first to go out in the morning, past those lynx-eyed gendarmes. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
Go which way they would, or crouch wherever they might, they would be almost certain of being discovered by their lynx-eyed enemies. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Slaves] Reference
The library was usually kept locked when the great man was away, and on the few occasions when access to it was possible, the lynx-eyed. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life] Reference
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