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Definition of Cold-eyed
1. Adjective. Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice. "A journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold-eyed
Literary usage of Cold-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"Like fists, the brutal lights on white and weary faces Fall fiercely through the
livid air. , A dull roar rises from the seething places Where, cold-eyed ..."
2. Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune (1916)
"Among the rest—Marcus Brutus, snarling Casca, and the others—came one more guest
to the villa—a hard- faced, cold-eyed youth whom Cleopatra hated. ..."
3. Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune (1916)
"Among the rest—Marcus Brutus, snarling Casca, and the others—came one more guest
to the villa—a hard- faced, cold-eyed youth whom Cleopatra hated. ..."
4. Mrs. Stephens' New Monthly by Ann Sophia Stephens (1856)
"Many times the old priest entered the house, and with him went a cold eyed man,
wrinkled and bent, but richly attired. I had terrible thoughts for ..."
5. The German Danger by Bart Kennedy (1907)
"A place where the waiters are cold-eyed and lofty and superior and skilled in
... I was so chastened by the scene generally and by the air of the cold-eyed, ..."
6. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"... and only kept from flying at each other's throats by the fear of death that
stood silent behind them like an inflexible and cold-eyed taskmaster. ..."
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