How to Use clear-eyed in a Sentence

clear-eyed

adjective

• But Sadie views the truth as a contest between the duped and the clear-eyed.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
• The time is ripe, then, for a more clear-eyed appraisal.
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• The show is clear-eyed and irony-free, the plot laid out in neat, straight planking.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• This is the clear-eyed truth from a glass-all-the-way-full person, and that glass is about to boil over.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
• The book gives a clear-eyed view of all the major names in Bills history.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• Thomas Hobbes was one of the most clear-eyed and therefore one of the bleakest of social philosophers.
  — John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
• Still, even the most clear-eyed among us thought the regression would be slower than this.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• That’s no small achievement for him and the others, but Peters was clear-eyed about where things stand.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
• Any assessment of the year in climate requires a clear-eyed look at the science.
  — Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
• Arden stages Leo’s lynching with clear-eyed horror, and Platt keeps him nobly prickly to the end.
  — Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
• And that requires a clear-eyed assessment, right now, of where this race stands and what can best be done to protect the country.
  — Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• But an email to staff on Friday offered a clear-eyed view of what could happen in this coin-flip election.
  — Sophia Cai, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
• Culkin, on the other hand, has a clear-eyed view of the industry, viewing it as fickle and nobody’s friend.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
• A bit of clear-eyed reality, though, has to be surfaced.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
• Jones is clear-eyed about how the RTO landscape looks for many other companies.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
• Jackson is too clear-eyed about the precarious state of theater and the even more perilous state of the world to rest on his laurels.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• Washington should be clear-eyed about Russia’s outlook on a wider war in the Middle East.
  — Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2024
• With a smart aleck’s wit and a knack for clear-eyed lyrics, the Brooklyn singer is a sympathetic narrator.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• Check out the editorial for a clear-eyed look at Measure HLA’s effects, and make sure to vote!
  — Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• All in all, that’s a fairly clear-eyed take on the predicament the Republican Party finds itself in now.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• At their best, Pitchfork’s writers had the clear-eyed ability to cut through the artifice, mythmaking and PR around an artist to get to the heart of a record.
  — Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
• Caijing, a Chinese financial news site, is clear-eyed about the benefits of breaking ground in the US.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2023
• Former tenants are clear-eyed about the fate of their possessions inside.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Emily in Paris isn’t equipped to offer clear-eyed analysis of the real world in bite-size releases, and that’s fine.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
• The essayists are clear-eyed about the power that mythology has over reason.
  — Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
• Are newsrooms being clear-eyed enough with their audiences about the reality of the GOP in 2023?
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• But the loss in Ohio does occasion a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges the pro-life movement faces now and what will likely be a long battle ahead.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 Nov. 2023
• Here is a clear-eyed survey of what ails ocean life, shaped by Scales’s own experience and a bracing look at what’s being done.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
• Much like in the series, Burd has a knack for clear-eyed self-reflection that connects to something more universal.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
• All of this said, those of us who are clear-eyed about the hurdles to truly tackling the federal budget shouldn’t succumb to cynicism.
  — The Editors, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Jan 2025