eyeglasses

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Or that Roger Bacon, an Oxford friar and one of the first to write about the optics of eyeglasses, was imprisoned for attempting to invent them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Neither side thought that clause would ever be triggered; Lesch, a big, intimidating right-hander who threw bullets from behind Coke-bottle eyeglasses, wasn’t headed to a classroom, he was going to Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The man next door, Gil Kerley, had bought the building, an old eyeglasses factory in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico, some months prior.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Money in HSA accounts can be used toward the plan’s deductible, coinsurance, copayments, and for non-covered costs such as eyeglasses.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Then he pulls a pair of eyeglasses out of the breast pocket of his overcoat and puts them on, perched partway down his bulbous nose.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline