reading glasses
Example Sentences
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She pauses, fiddling with her red-framed reading glasses.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
He was a scholarly analyst who wore tortoiseshell reading glasses and made friends throughout the energy industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
I give her a magisterial stare over the top of my reading glasses.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
Half of the participants — a mix of tea pickers, weavers and seamstresses between 35 and 65 — were randomly chosen to receive a free pair of reading glasses.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
My dad had his laptop out—the ethernet cable dragging all across the floor—and his reading glasses on his head; he waved me over when I walked into the room.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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