: having keen sight
also : keen in observing or penetrating

Examples of sharp-eyed in a Sentence

a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement
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But a few sharp-eyed fans watching the sequence, which featured Elisabeth Moss‘ June and her fellow handmaids on the warpath to destroy Gilead, thought Swift had even more influence on the scene. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 May 2025 By June, Profar’s hot start was eliciting high praise from sharp-eyed Merv Rettenmund, who’d gone to seven World Series as an outfielder or hitting coach. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025 In this new struggle, as sharp-eyed militants understood, firmness of tread counted a great deal more than radicalism of demand. Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 The film follows 11-year-old Caroline (Johnson), a clever, sharp-eyed girl navigating a life of excitement and peril as a shoplifter with her mom Jocelyn (Williams). Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sharp-eyed

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sharp-eyed was in 1670

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“Sharp-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharp-eyed. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

sharp-eyed

adjective
ˈshär-ˈpīd
: having keen sight
also : keen in observing or seeing through
a sharp-eyed hiker spotted the rare bird

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