Idiom
roving eye
Meaning
Wide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a roving eye when he walks through the city.”
“The photographer kept a roving eye on the crowd, searching for the perfect moment to capture.”
“With a roving eye for detail, the seasoned detective scanned the room, noting every small inconsistency that others had missed.”
Examples
simple
“He has a roving eye when he walks through the city.”
contextual
“The photographer kept a roving eye on the crowd, searching for the perfect moment to capture.”
complex
“With a roving eye for detail, the seasoned detective scanned the room, noting every small inconsistency that others had missed.”
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