How to Use clear-eyed in a Sentence
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But Sadie views the truth as a contest between the duped and the clear-eyed.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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The time is ripe, then, for a more clear-eyed appraisal.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
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The show is clear-eyed and irony-free, the plot laid out in neat, straight planking.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
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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
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The book gives a clear-eyed view of all the major names in Bills history.
—Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
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The Canucks have to look at this and be willing to make a clear-eyed assessment here.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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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
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Still, even the most clear-eyed among us thought the regression would be slower than this.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
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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
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Any assessment of the year in climate requires a clear-eyed look at the science.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
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Arden stages Leo’s lynching with clear-eyed horror, and Platt keeps him nobly prickly to the end.
—Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
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Corporate leaders need to be just as clear-eyed about their goals.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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A bit of clear-eyed reality, though, has to be surfaced.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jones is clear-eyed about how the RTO landscape looks for many other companies.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
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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
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Washington should be clear-eyed about Russia’s outlook on a wider war in the Middle East.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2024
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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
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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
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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
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Danielson embraces it with his own brand of clear-eyed conviction.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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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
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Caijing, a Chinese financial news site, is clear-eyed about the benefits of breaking ground in the US.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2023
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Former tenants are clear-eyed about the fate of their possessions inside.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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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
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The essayists are clear-eyed about the power that mythology has over reason.
—Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
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Himovitz is clear-eyed about the institute’s prospects in its present location.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Field’s somber, clear-eyed Sonya has ardent desires but few illusions.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
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