lorgnon

Example Sentences

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She surveyed Hayden through her lorgnon with both surprise and disapproval, and then acknowledging his bow with a curt nod, turned to Ydo.

From The Silver Butterfly by Christy, Howard Chandler

Nancy, paralyzed with astonishment, saw him sit down, saw his plausible back and explanatory gestures, while the woman still looked at her through her long-handled lorgnon.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

"I thought you looked pale," said Mrs. Ames, viewing him through the inevitable lorgnon.

From The Silver Butterfly by Christy, Howard Chandler

Madame la Duchesse deigned to ask as she pointed with her lorgnon to the door.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

He did not see her, but the lady facing him put up a tortoiseshell-handled lorgnon and gazed through it and through narrowed eyelids at the new comer.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)