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glasses

/ ˈɡlɑːsɪz /

plural noun

  1. a pair of lenses for correcting faulty vision, in a frame that rests on the bridge of the nose and hooks behind the ears Also calledspectacleseyeglasses
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Example Sentences

At that point, a tall, brown-haired man with wire-rimmed glasses came over to me, sat down, and peppered me with questions.

I get the bottle while he opens a desk drawer containing two glasses.

Wonderland posted videos taken with a hidden camera—in a cross necklace, or inside a watch or glasses—of him hitting on women.

More than half of the patrons at the bar are holding glasses full of Casa Bruja's malted barley red ale.

We “undermine” our nature every time we use glasses or medicine, after all.

MacRae brought the glasses to bear, and said it was two Policemen jogging toward camp.

After another solemn inspection of Aristide, he stuck a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his fleshy nose and perused the documents.

As he entered, Mr. Ducksmith regarded him vacantly over the top of his gold-rimmed glasses.

They lay there—the line of our brave lads, plainly visible to a pair of good glasses—there they actually lay!

Delancy opened the glove compartment in the instrument board and took out a pair of field glasses.

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