Behind the lorgnette was a large and frowning dowager, who followed up the glare with a loud "Shhh!". From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
"lorgnette" that had been handed to them was a new invention of Thomas A. Edison. From Wordnik.com. [newsleader.com -] Reference
Aunt Rochester regarded him through her lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
The marchioness regarded her through her lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
A lorgnette was clutched in one of her gloved hands. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
Eleanor fixed her big blue eyes on the lorgnette again. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
Mrs. Gray raised her lorgnette and looked at her nephew. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
Mrs. Feversham in the opposite box raised her lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Aunt Euphemia raised her eyebrows and her lorgnette together. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
Melanie exclaimed, tapping him on the arm with her lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
But her ladyship waved away the invitation with her lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
Miss Bascom raised her lorgnette in pained surprise and gazed at. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
She had no lorgnette, and she did not look me over superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
Lady Howell lifted her lorgnette to her eye and shook her head sadly. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Melanie was tapping her lorgnette against the wooden arm of her chair. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
Eleanor stared impassively into the lenses of Mrs. Bolling's lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
The sight of that lorgnette had a stiffening effect upon B.lly B. Hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
He had no watch, but he had a tortoise-shell lorgnette on a black ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
He talked with her a moment, and then she discreetly resumed her lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
Raising a topaz lorgnette, the glory of Rome peered at Casca through one eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Rising, Sophie once more found herself subjected to her ladyship's lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
“What lady is that, the fat one, with the lorgnette, sitting at the end?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
And from behind the screen of her lorgnette she peered at the image in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Doll] Reference
“Oh, yes, you are, my girl,” his aunt retorted, her lorgnette to her eye again. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
“Bless my soul!” she exclaimed again, her lorgnette sweeping down over his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
Melanie said, her lorgnette suspended in the air, her free hand pressed to her heart. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
Moreover, it was holding a small metallic rod rather like a lorgnette against one eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Worlds of 2001]
She used it like a lorgnette, and felt her familiarity with it a differentiating mark. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
Her mother lowered her lorgnette from her eye, her brow crumpled in a perplexed frown. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
I believe I shall have to start wearing a purple satin turban and carrying a lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing with Clara]
Claire found herself being examined by bright, birdlike eyes behind a raised lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
She used her lorgnette to display her displeasure at such an unseemly display of levity. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
In the morning, when I awake, I sit by my window and direct my lorgnette at her balcony. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero of Our Time] Reference
Attached to his third button was a little bronze chain, on which hung a double lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero of Our Time] Reference
A traveller between Omaha and San Francisco might well carry this pocket volume as a lorgnette. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
Miss Bascom had adjusted her tortoise-shell lorgnette, and was surveying Donald from head to foot. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.