Noun : The stars make a fine spectacle tonight. ,The coronation was a lavish spectacle. From Dictionary.com.
• Finally, what about the ne'er-do-well who grabbed the spectacles from the face of uber novelist Jonathan Franzen?. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
The word spectacles, in Flemish, as well as the name of the suddenly surprised city, being Brill, this allusion to the. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
My father swore by Kodachrome, taking off his thick-rimmed Philip Larkin spectacles to peer myopically through viewfinders. From Wordnik.com. [Brownie Points] Reference
A considerable delay then took place; first, Pikey had to find his glasses, as he called his spectacles, to look out a one-horse-chaise ticket. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour] Reference
He was a Magyar, a little dark, sharp-featured fellow in spectacles, and very talkative; he had been a medical student, but had abandoned his training for lack of money. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
I don't know how it is, but I do, as if my spectacles were a looking-glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden House] Reference
So, when visiting an optical shop, make sure that the person who prescribes the spectacles is a qualified optometrist. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
Pretty-Heart, who had probably guessed that this person wearing the spectacles was a physician, again pushed out his arm. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody's Boy Sans Famille] Reference
Yet Chip insists his "spectacles" (hence the title) are not protests but art. From Wordnik.com. [It's Da Bomb] Reference
There are lots of forums for discourse and debate that are not daily 'spectacles'. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Selman: Obama, Pundits, And Second Guessing Yourself] Reference
Learners in need are provided with devices such as spectacles, wheelchairs and hearing aids. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I will wait to see if anyone else sees yesterday through the same kind of spectacles as I do. From Wordnik.com. [The Cronulla Mob] Reference
Let us not forget that what we see depends on whether or not our eyes are normal, on where we look, or on what kind of spectacles we wear. From Wordnik.com. [Applied Psychology for Nurses] Reference
The most atypical ” and controversial ” of the spectacles is The Gaucho (1927). From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Superstar] Reference
Walsh, the old steward at Trimleston, was the same age as Nancy, and the same kind of spectacles suited him. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy] Reference
Are the large container ships and 'car carriers' currently calling our port also objectionable 'spectacles'?. From Wordnik.com. [Stories: Local News] Reference
And, adding insult to injury, covered the GTS's front bi-xenon lights with a garage-tuning-like plastic "spectacles". From Wordnik.com. [AutoReview] Reference
The crowd feasted their eyes upon this horror, with the avidity for revolting spectacles which is so characteristic of cowards. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune of the Rougons] Reference
Guy: excuse me, what kind of spectacles do you have?. From Wordnik.com. [Bar Lines] Reference
"spectacles" just sound more elegant and sophisticated!. From Wordnik.com. [-Cherry, Plum, Peach and Damson blossoms-] Reference
"spectacles," a string of court-martials on the officers there. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
"I had special 'spectacles' that worked on sound instead of vision. From Wordnik.com. [Psychosphere]
With spectacles this cool, you may even wish for your eyes to go. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Life] Reference
Then Gates himself appeared, in his usual garb of sweater, slacks and spectacles. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Big Bets] Reference
Kim loves spectacles -- not just watching them, but staging them and starring in them. From Wordnik.com. [Women, Wine And Weapons] Reference
They're spectacles put on by winners to humiliate losers, cover up other crimes and intimidate the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Terror vs. Justice] Reference
If you don't head out and see Europe's spectacles this summer, what will you have to dream about in the winter?. From Wordnik.com. [Reviving The Past] Reference
So Italians watch spectacles liked the ones that you and I have put on and they don't apologize for loving the drama of it. From Wordnik.com. [Berlusconi To Tiger: Time To Come To Italy] Reference
It reminds me of how movies used to be made: grand spectacles with dramatic love stories and characters we wish we could be. From Wordnik.com. ['Titanic' See-Sickness?] Reference
It may join the modern pantheon of tawdry courtroom spectacles -- along with John Got, O.J. Simpson and the Menendez brothers. From Wordnik.com. ['I'm So Glad To Be Here In Arkansas'] Reference
Iraqi rural society, deeply traditional and largely unchanged by modern ways, has remained resistant to the spectacles of grand politics. From Wordnik.com. ['We Just Want to Live'] Reference
It was the heroes portrayed in these spectacles that some of those interviewed admit they sought to emulate during the Cultural Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Views From The Inside] Reference
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