god's eye view

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

An armillary is really God's eye view of the universe, or what we think of as God's eye view.

He knows, because he has occasionally rented a plane to take a "God's eye" view of what he has wrought.

When I was younger it was fashionable to criticise Eliot for writing from a god's eye view, as though she were omniscient.

So, in other words, no chance of a god's eye view of the archive.

Like a little ant farm, we'd have some God's eye view of the comings and goings of our tiny little un-selves.

When Uber launches in a city, it keeps a "God's Eye" view of all the cars, trips and passengers on the streets at any given time (see first screenshot below).

It's a God's-eye view, which puts you in charge of navigating through space.

But they know full well that they're denying themselves glorious art and a God's-eye view; it's a conscious decision, made with the belief that they can always treat themselves later.

Sorting through all that is difficult for a viewer with a god's-eye view of the proceedings; it's downright impossible for the characters caught up in the drama.

THE LOCATION Perched on 15 gated acres north of the Vatican, the hotel offers a god's-eye view of the domes and bell towers, but it's rather removed from the action.

It is a God's-eye view of an enigma.