lynxlike

There were days when the brute in him rose and clamored to strike Mary for tagging at his heels with coats and medicines, and Eliza for her lynxlike observation of every mouthful he ate.

The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

Britz noted the changing expression of the man's face with lynxlike eagerness.

The Substitute Prisoner Max Marcin 1913

On the platform she chose an empty compartment and stood before the door of it for a good half-minute, looking up and down the train with eyes even more lynxlike than those of the detectives.

Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Edgar Jepson 1900

But the volto sciolto (Volto sciolto, pensieri stretti -- the countenance open, the thoughts restrained.) which, in common with all Italian politicians, concealed whatever were his pensieri stretti -- enabled him to baffle completely the jealous and lynxlike observation of the Cardinal.

Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Dee had her lynxlike body braced against it, head down, knees bent, one long slender leg back so the toe of her sneaker dug into the black carpet of the hallway, but she couldn’t quite get the door shut.

THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

Dee had her lynxlike body braced against it, head down, knees bent, one long slender leg back so the toe of her sneaker dug into the black carpet of the hallway, but she couldn’t quite get the door shut.

THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010