nearsighted
Example Sentences
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Time indoors looking at screens can cause eyeballs to elongate, leaving kids nearsighted for life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Modern living may be contributing to an epidemic of nearsighted vision and related blindness.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
“The biggest predictor of how nearsighted you’re going to be, is when you become nearsighted,” says Jeffrey Walline, an optometrist and associate dean of research at The Ohio State University.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 1, 2023
He said, "You're extremely nearsighted and that means you are at more risk of having a detached retina, and if that happens, we want to catch it right away because it can affect your vision."
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
W.E. squinched his little nearsighted eyes together, wrinkled up his stubby nose, drew his arm way back, and pitched the airplane with all his might.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
