The phrase "a perceptive look" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gaze or expression that shows insight or understanding, often in a thoughtful or observant manner.
Example: "She gave him a perceptive look, as if she could see right through his facade."
Alternatives: "an insightful glance" or "a discerning gaze."
"Face" was an underrated gem, a perceptive look at the future of television and politics.
Mr Vivès's book is a perceptive look at the things in a ballerina's life that fuel her artistry.
A richly illustrated contribution to urban and architectural history, Bluestone's book is also a perceptive look at central features in the design of this quintessential American city.
Rohrwacher is not interested in pointing out heroes and villains, but instead in offering a perceptive look at how the once all-powerful Church has dealt with its waning influence.
A perceptive look into all this came via a 2008 U.S.diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.The writer in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo ticked off the various businesses the military was involved in, and considered how the military might react if Egypt's then president, Hosni Mubarak, were to lose power.
Helen Fitzgerald's Viral (Faber, £12.99) has a look-at-me opening sentence – "I sucked 12 cocks in Magaluf" – that doesn't bode well, but quickly redeems itself, developing into a nuanced and perceptive look at social media and misogyny.
But look beyond the book's occasionally absurd academic language, and footnotes that cite Michel Foucault and Pamela Des Barres with equal facility, and you'll find a cogent and often perceptive look at the scene that yielded Radiohead, Portishead and the Futureheads.
Although a horror classic complete with a bloody conclusion Carrie was also praised for its perceptive look at high-school life and a teenager's struggle for acceptance.
Most importantly, it's a perceptive and tenacious look at what it was really like to be a girl among the blokes in that era.
"Contact is what the village is all about". 'So wrote Anthony Bailey in a book published in America last summer, "In the Village". It is a perceptive and engaging look at.
Mr. Butler explained that his daughter, a wistful girl in blond pigtails, cleaved to Amos not just because he was a perceptive, loving creature who, he said, "looks like a lamb, eats like a pig, bucks like a horse and acts like a dog".
