Sentence examples for canny eye from inspiring English sources

Mr. McIndoe kept a canny eye on the book, protecting the customers who had reserved.

He had a canny eye for an exploitation item and a bargain.

Now Vince Passaro, who's been casting a cold and canny eye on contemporary fiction for many years, delivers a novel of his own.

"High Plains Drifter" (1972) shows what a canny eye Clint Eastwood has always had for the Gary Cooper legend, and ways to replay it.

That's an ancient vintage, if you follow the current fashion calculus, and so kudos should accrue to Ms. Kessler for her canny eye.

And don't write him off – his idea to move the whole of London by a foot suggests a canny eye for gerrymandering.

But long before the voting on September 18th, canny eyes will be turning north.

Yet today a canny editorial eye and brand name recognition no longer ensures publishing Goliaths can endure the slings and shot of nearly half a million Davids.

I thought, of course, of canny politicians eyeing the public mood, and of the public to whom those politicians wanted to pander.

Julian's canny director's eye fuses with his broken heart and turns him into not just a fan but a would-be muse.

With Bloom, Wheeler continues in the vein for which he is well known: stretching our perceptions of the everyday with canny juxtapositions, an eye for the metaphorical, and meticulous craftsmanship.