lorgnon

Example Sentences

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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 Fanshawe waved her lorgnon, and murmured some vague words which might, or might not, have been intended as an apology.

From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

Nancy, paralyzed with astonishment, saw him sit down, saw his plausible back and explanatory gestures, while the woman still looked at her through her long-handled lorgnon.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

"What lace is that around your neck?" calls out Anna, angrily, looking at her mother through her lorgnon.

From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip

Introductions to the Dorrances followed, and then Miss Van Arsdale raised her lorgnon, and treated Dorothy to a prolonged inspection.

From The Dorrance Domain by Wells, Carolyn