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

We’re still youthful, but I haven’t been carded in ages, and oftentimes we text each other to see if one of us has the reading glasses the other can’t seem to find.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

But for nearly a billion people in the developing world, reading glasses are a luxury that many cannot afford.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Then, with his pencil poised over the form, Grandpa looked up over his reading glasses and asked, “Son, why ain’t you said nothin’ bout this up to now?”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns