weather eye

noun

1
: an eye quick to observe coming changes in the weather
2
: constant and shrewd watchfulness and alertness

Examples of weather eye in a Sentence

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But keep a weather eye on Venus anyway — the truth might just be out there. — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2020 But some Nigerian soldiers, casting a weather eye at the horizon, are less confident that the army can keep up its advance in the months ahead. — The Economist, 4 June 2020 No longer would Haiti lurch from one financial crisis to the next, always with a weather eye on the horizon for the return of French warships. — New York Times, 20 May 2022 Maybe the country won’t be in front of a TV in the beginning, but America’s weather eye for historic upsets is always watching. — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2021 Business leaders keep a weather eye both on their own organization’s financial state and ever-evolving (often uncertain) global market conditions. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 In 1916, at Universal City in the Cahuenga Pass, where silent pictures were made outdoors in front of paying audiences, the photo department put an expert up in a crow’s nest atop a lofty mast to keep a literal weather eye. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of weather eye was in 1829

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“Weather eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20eye. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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