lorgnon

Example Sentences

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She surveyed Hayden through her lorgnon with both surprise and disapproval, and then acknowledging his bow with a curt nod, turned to Ydo.

From The Silver Butterfly by Christy, Howard Chandler

She even put up her lorgnon and though she was not very tall, she contrived to look Hector through them straight between the eyes.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Mrs. Pope observed it critically through her gold lorgnon.

From The Brute by Kummer, Frederic Arnold

The Countess meanwhile, with lorgnon at her eyes, indifferently gazes at her surroundings.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip

In fact, like many an actor in the drama of life, he really knew less about the general mise-en-scene than I, who had only reviewed it through the lorgnon of Tennyson and other contemporary writers.

From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis