eyeglasses

/ (ˈaɪˌɡlɑːsɪz) /


pl n
  1. mainly US another word for spectacles

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How to use eyeglasses in a sentence

  • He peers out through his black-rimmed eyeglasses with the solemnity of an owl—but you should hear his songs!

    The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
  • She was tugging at her bonnet strings, which were entangled in a knot, into which the cord of her eyeglasses had become twisted.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • It is so much weaker than formerly that I have been obliged to get a pair of eyeglasses, which I am told are very becoming to me.

  • And these eyeglasses were affixed to the bridge of Sir John Meredith's nose, as he sat stiffly in the straight-backed chair.

    With Edged Tools | Henry Seton Merriman
  • Then he would pull himself together, glance at the lamp, readjust the eyeglasses, and plunge resolutely into the book.

    With Edged Tools | Henry Seton Merriman