monocle

Example Sentences

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“There’s a quote on our ‘about us’ page that says we’re removing the monocle from opera’s … rump, essentially.

From Seattle Times

“Go ahead and put a monocle and top hat on him.”

From Seattle Times

“Brian Kemp is like the Monopoly man, walking around with bags of political capital. Go ahead and put a monocle on that guy and a top hat. He is trusted. He is liked.”

From Washington Times

And his cadenza teased time itself — he played it with a clawing wit — one could hear anew why it made so many monocles drop when Adolph Brodsky premiered it in 1881.

From Washington Post

It was all part of the image, a caricature, and we often mistook the monocle for the fighter.

From BBC