monocle

Example Sentences

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The only prop missing from her costume is a monocle.

From Salon

But we had arrived with monocle vision, determined to drive into Yosemite, our required $35 car permit settled in the glove box.

From Washington Post

The Sparks forward formed a circle with her thumb and forefinger, holding the loop over her eye like a monocle while flashing a wide smile.

From Los Angeles Times

Consider this: The best monocles are made in … China.

From Washington Post

That his verse never reads like a parody of a certain kind of life — courtly old men in creaking shirts, flashing their monocles — is a testament to his fluid sense of irony.

From New York Times