Clear-eyed in a sentence as an adjective

Just so. Ilya was one of the most creative and clear-eyed people I ever met.

He may recommend any number of things, but he's clear-eyed at the moment and you're not.

But I'm sure the extensive criticism that Apple receives here is all clear-eyed, eh?

But I think effective action requires one to be clear-eyed in one's analysis.

This reduced the available options for students who were clear-eyed about the debt they were taking on.

But that means I need to be more clear-eyed about what's happening here, not --- like many commenters on this thread --- less clear-eyed.

I am not trying to be mean or cynical about his philosophy---just saying that one has to be clear-eyed about the tradeoffs.

"Assuming", Kerr asks, "that Swartz did all this stuff --- and it looks like he did --- let us take a clear-eyed look at whether and how any miscarriage of justice occurred.

Finally, an overview of the Bee Gees career that grasps the scope of their achievements while both understanding their music and remaining clear-eyed about their failures.

Clear-eyed definitions

adjective

mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"

See also: clear-sighted perspicacious