as in watchful
having unusually keen vision the sharp-sighted hunter spotted the deer and motioned to his companions

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Adjective
  • Reuters — American golfer Vince Whaley had a particularly nerve-wracking encounter with a big-toothed onlooker at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday, as he was forced to play a shot under the watchful gaze of a lurking alligator.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The show follows Ed Gein (Charlie Hunnam), an unassuming and odd man, working his family’s farm under the watchful eye of his hateful and vicious mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Wojtak-Hissong will play Danny Keenan, a restless, sharp-eyed Hell’s Kitchen teenager and Officer Keenan’s son, an errand boy for the Westies despite his father’s disapproval.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Judge Paul Hollywood has been a mainstay since the very beginning, offering his signature handshakes and sharp-eyed critiques.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Not everyone in the crowd is equally observant.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In 2008, a constitutional amendment stripped the Grand Duke of his political role, after Guillaume’s father Henri refused to ratify the government’s vote allowing euthanasia; the royals are observant Catholics.
    Vivienne Walt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Sharp-sighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharp-sighted. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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