hand glass

Example Sentences

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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Mrs. Verne picked up the ivory-backed hand glass within her reach, and looking into its depths, exclaimed, "Mrs. Verne, of St. John, New Brunswick—not exactly beautiful, but a pretty and fascinating woman."

From Marguerite Verne by Armour, Rebecca Agatha

Takes off her apron and then opens drawer of table and takes a small hand glass and strands it against a flower pot on table.

From Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger by Oland, Edith

“It is like this,” said the little scientist, as he pulled up a blade of grass, and examined it under a powerful hand glass to see if any strange insects might be crawling on it.

From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence

An ordinary hand glass will show how it bears perithecia in all its parts.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha