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 -
The starting point on this pathway must be a clear-eyed recognition of the status quo that existed long before the atrocities of Oct. 7, and persists today.
— Mary Robinson, TIME, 8 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 -
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 -
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 -
What were late nights and mornings with a fidget-spinner of anxiety lodged inside me are now clear-eyed and alive with purpose, a beat to catch in class.
— Raleigh McCool, Longreads, 5 Sep. 2024 -
The need to be clear-eyed and bottom-line-focused is essential for entrepreneurs across all industries.
— Ebony Flake, Essence, 16 Jan. 2024 -
Would that our climate fantasists could be so clear-eyed and practical.
— WSJ, 27 July 2023 -
The fourth edition of Puckett’s manual offers clear-eyed advice on the type of people who make the best managers, among other things.
— Tim Carman, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
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