reading glasses

Example Sentences

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She pauses, fiddling with her red-framed reading glasses.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

That means you don’t have to tote your reading glasses around all the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

I give her a magisterial stare over the top of my reading glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

She wears reading glasses, 1.5 strength — a tidbit that didn’t make it into my story but gave me a certain middle age presbyopic nerd thrill.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

“His office is right here, sir,” the woman said, looking over the top of her reading glasses and inspecting Daddy’s medium-gray three-button blazer and matching vest, charcoal-colored tie, and brown leather church shoes.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson