These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'glass.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Sep. 2021 It can be made in a variety of materials, from masonry and plastic to glass ad metal. Lea Lane, Forbes, 6 July 2022 One of his first acts as Colorado athletic director in 2005 was to change the large wooden doors of his office to glass to encourage visitors. 2022 In 1825, the Boston Sandwich Glass Company relocated to Cape Cod because the sand lends itself nicely to glass blowing. 2022 As businesses switch from plastic containers to glass to meet their sustainable packaging goals, competition for bottles is intensifying.
2017 Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame. Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023 Our fingers take a little while to get used to glass. 2023 The former traffic cop pushes her tortoiseshell glasses up her nose and surveys her class of property managers and landlords, who have so far failed to match her pep at 9 in the morning. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. Verb Kentuckians collect the Kentucky Derby glasses their mint juleps are served in at Churchill Downs and carry them home in stacks. Jack Guy, CNN, The 6-8 Vanderbilt is an active and athletic forward who guards multiple positions and does work on the offensive glass. Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens, Dituri has been living in Jules’ Undersea Lodge, a steel and glass habitat 30 feet below the surface of a lagoon in Key Largo, Florida. Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, During two months of at-home testing, we were impressed at how the wallet-friendly vacuum picked up dirt, dust, glass, crumbs, and leaves, as well as pet and human hair. Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, In 8- by 8-inch glass baking dish, toss figs with oil and maple syrup. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, Workers spent weeks meticulously removing the glass from the stone walls. Paul Winner, Travel + Leisure, Entrees arriving on the heels of appetizers, sometimes forcing diners to gobble their first courses to make way for mains on tables that are invariably crowded with glasses, flowers and votives. Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, Just off the 43rd Street entrance of glass skyscraper One Vanderbilt, tucked beneath a marble staircase that's just steps from tracks 36 to 42 of Grand Central Station, sits an alcove of volcanic stone and bonsai. Send us feedback about these examples.Noun Biceps kick in when lifting up kids, holding a glass of water, swinging a tennis racket, or even turning the key in an ignition. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'spectacled.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. David Wolman, WIRED, With his spectacled face, cozy sweaters, and dry, endearingly sincere style of delivery, comedian Joe Pera is a bit of an enigma in the modern stand-up scene. By 1956 as 'detailed description or standard,' especially in manufacturing and construction, short for specification. By 1926 in circus slang as a shortening of spectacle. 2019 For the banker’s gift, Kuhl came up with a bright-orange collage-style image: a mashup of elements taken directly from scans of Indian paper money, the most prominent feature of which is the spectacled visage of Mohandas Gandhi. spec (n.) by 1794, American English, as a shortening of speculation. Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2020 At Wild Geese Bookshop, a (sometimes) spectacled skeleton sits by the window with a stack of books, boning up on everything from survival skills to Queen Victoria. 2020 Some called for the return of the green- spectacled guy, others lamented how flat and generic the scheme looked.
2023 Andean Bear The spectacled Andean bear is South America's only bear species. Recent Examples on the Web When the nearly two-foot reptile was caught days later, it was discovered to be a spectacled caiman, a species of crocodile native to Central and South America.
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