spectacles
Example Sentences
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While Domingo is taking on big-budget spectacles, he still keeps a foot in indie films, working with A24 on Sing Sing, for example.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
From Beyoncé to Taylor Swift — whose big-budget tour spectacles received theatrical releases — to Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish’s more modest streaming affairs, tour documentaries and concert films have become modern mainstays.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
In his maroon robes, simple sandals and wide-rimmed spectacles, the Dalai Lama is an unlikely global celebrity.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
An old-fashioned girl, she plays LPs on a Victrola and wears spectacles to read.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
He tried straightening his spectacles once more before pulling them off in frustration and shoving them into his shirt pocket.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Vocabulary lists containing spectacles
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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