spectacles
Example Sentences
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And Alexandre’s movie theater, with its bloody spectacles, gets replaced by something very different: a blood bank, a monument to recovery.
My spectacles are not sunglasses, they’re prescription specs, which I had slightly tinted because I had a cataract operation last year.
From New York Times
At a time of domestic political and economic flux — of restive local elections and extravagant royal spectacles — the monarch is an enduring symbol of British identity and its place in the world.
From New York Times
Movie studios, stung by poor ticket sales for dramas and comedies, have retreated almost entirely to franchise spectacles.
From New York Times
Then came the archbishop, whose spectacles rest on a bulbous woolen nose.
From Seattle Times
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