nearsighted

Example Sentences

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Believing himself too old and nearsighted to serve in uniform, Strong instead exhausted himself and much of his fortune serving without pay for four years as treasurer of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

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

A sewing machine for nearsighted Mrs. O’Reilly, who was forever tailoring old clothes for her triplets, Sean, Seamus and Stephen.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord