How to Use clear-eyed in a Sentence

clear-eyed

adjective
  • Lee is clear-eyed about the stakes.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
  • As much as the win means, Sankara is clear-eyed about what’s next.
    — Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The show is clear-eyed and irony-free, the plot laid out in neat, straight planking.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Today New York is less clear-eyed.
    — Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Today, more than two decades on, Archer is clear-eyed about his lucky breaks.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • And Smid is clear-eyed about his own influence.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Corporate leaders need to be just as clear-eyed about their goals.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • But Sadie views the truth as a contest between the duped and the clear-eyed.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • But Shaheen said the country must be clear-eyed about what has come about.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 20 June 2026
  • This is the clear-eyed truth from a glass-all-the-way-full person, and that glass is about to boil over.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Still, even the most clear-eyed among us thought the regression would be slower than this.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Progressives tend to be clear-eyed about the lengths the rich will go to avoid paying their fair share.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The study offers a clear-eyed reality check amid all the hype.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The book gives a clear-eyed view of all the major names in Bills history.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • MacLennan is clear-eyed that the voice part is almost beside the point.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • Owners should be clear-eyed about the potential tax savings they are owed.
    — Zahir Khoja, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Looking forward, Mali and Alan are clear-eyed about what comes next.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
  • At the same time, policymakers must be clear-eyed about the risks.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • What Shark has going for it though, is a clear-eyed view into the future.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Danielson embraces it with his own brand of clear-eyed conviction.
    — Justin Williams, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The Canucks have to look at this and be willing to make a clear-eyed assessment here.
    — Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Scheer’s years of experience in sports give her a clear-eyed view of the challenges ahead.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • The line is more powerful for its sober, clear-eyed directness.
    — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But there is a pretty clear-eyed way to look at what has happened to the Cavs in this series.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • Martin is clear-eyed about the challenges, which is refreshing.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Any assessment of the year in climate requires a clear-eyed look at the science.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
  • That’s no small achievement for him and the others, but Peters was clear-eyed about where things stand.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Everyone is on hand to make the most clear-eyed decisions ahead of the deadline.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Former tenants are clear-eyed about the fate of their possessions inside.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Thomas Hobbes was one of the most clear-eyed and therefore one of the bleakest of social philosophers.
    — John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023

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