weather eye
noun
1
: an eye quick to observe coming changes in the weather
2
: constant and shrewd watchfulness and alertness
Examples of weather eye in a Sentence
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Keep a weather eye out, citizens of Twitter.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2017
No longer would Haiti lurch from one financial crisis to the next, always with a weather eye on the horizon for the return of French warships.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
In 1916, at Universal City in the Cahuenga Pass, where silent pictures were made outdoors in front of paying audiences, the photo department put an expert up in a crow’s nest atop a lofty mast to keep a literal weather eye.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
Maybe the country won’t be in front of a TV in the beginning, but America’s weather eye for historic upsets is always watching.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 5 Dec. 2021
But keep a weather eye on Venus anyway — the truth might just be out there.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2020
But some Nigerian soldiers, casting a weather eye at the horizon, are less confident that the army can keep up its advance in the months ahead.
—The Economist, 4 June 2020
Maximizing shareholder wealth meant running companies with a weather eye on the stock price, maximizing dividends and buying in shares.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
Billy Galvin is a pol’s pol, old-school with a weather eye for electoral shenanigans.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Mar. 2018
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2017
No longer would Haiti lurch from one financial crisis to the next, always with a weather eye on the horizon for the return of French warships.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
In 1916, at Universal City in the Cahuenga Pass, where silent pictures were made outdoors in front of paying audiences, the photo department put an expert up in a crow’s nest atop a lofty mast to keep a literal weather eye.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
Maybe the country won’t be in front of a TV in the beginning, but America’s weather eye for historic upsets is always watching.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 5 Dec. 2021
But keep a weather eye on Venus anyway — the truth might just be out there.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2020
But some Nigerian soldiers, casting a weather eye at the horizon, are less confident that the army can keep up its advance in the months ahead.
—The Economist, 4 June 2020
Maximizing shareholder wealth meant running companies with a weather eye on the stock price, maximizing dividends and buying in shares.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
Billy Galvin is a pol’s pol, old-school with a weather eye for electoral shenanigans.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Mar. 2018
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“Weather eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20eye. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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