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Bespectacled
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The stereotypical view of the historian is that of a stodgy, bespectacled individual poring over tomes of printed text, dusty manuscripts, and thousands of index cards.
(2) Dressed in camouflage fatigues and with a bandaged right arm, the bespectacled man challenges western governments to “send all your forces on the ground” in the high-quality footage.
(3) The sight of stuffy, bespectacled greying men berating films aimed primarily at teenage girls is as farcical as it is depressing.
(4) The bespectacled, golf-loving Scotsman sticks to touring his stores and getting involved in the detail of the business, politely turning away interview requests.
(5) As well as Sherlock, the bespectacled wizard found himself up against an hour-long edition of EastEnders on BBC1, watched by 7.3 million viewers (27.8%) between 8pm and 9pm.
(6) Months Four, Five and Six will see more and more of these tools – from dozens of T-shirt-clad bespectacled tech revolutionaries, coming online.
(7) Photograph: Mimi Mollica for the Guardian Antonino Vaccarino, a sprightly, bespectacled 68-year-old, today runs a small cinema in the back streets of town, but once served as mayor before being jailed for five years for mafia membership – on the basis, he claims, of false accusations made by a turncoat.
(8) It’s a bit like Where’s Wally, but instead of a bespectacled guy in glasses and a woolly hat, you’re looking for two pale women scissoring in a roped-off field.
(9) "If you look at America, there were all sorts of scams like that back in the 19th century with railroads and the like," I remember one cheerful, bespectacled Russian twentysomething explaining to me.
(10) For Verhofstadt, the mop-haired bespectacled face of radical federalism for over a decade, there is, however, no going back.
(11) Jeb” might be the name of a new cholesterol medicine; the bespectacled man in the distracting shirt could be the doctor you should consult before asking whether Jeb is right for you.
(12) • tapas around €9, +34 917 52 61 06, saladedespiece.com Del Diego Besuited, bespectacled and frightfully polite, Fernando del Diego Madrid’s unexpected cocktail king.
(13) or 7-day delays were shown 20 photographs of faces, half of which were bespectacled, and then tested from a set of 40 consisting of the original 20 mixed up with 20 new ones, half of which were also bespectacled.
(14) Just a bleary-eyed, bespectacled Gotti being led out of the door of the home he shares with his wife and six children.
(15) One image shows the bespectacled Egyptian standing inside the cabin beside the plane door with a man who is grinning for the camera.
(16) The interview takes place before his curious encounter with Boris Johnson on Newsnight , but just after the great "Mr Idiot" spat , in which Daily Telegraph columnist Peter Oborne insulted a bespectacled EU bureaucrat and Paxman failed to protect the victim, who grew so tired of Oborne's boorishness that he took off his microphone and terminated the discussion.
(17) Before that, the Fed was known as a haven of bespectacled economists, who would debate the economy invisibly and stay out of the stock and bond markets for the most part.
(18) James Mason plays Smiley (renamed Charles Dobbs) with the same bespectacled, hang-dog mien he wore in Georgy Girl the same year, making for one of the best Smileys so far.
(19) A great big sweaty bespectacled bear of a man, Raymond the Roller would run the heavy roller from one end of the pitch to the other at a fair old lick scattering any subs poncing about and traumatising the kids taking part in the penalty shoot-out.
(20) The aim was to test the feasibility of supplying bespectacled myopic seamen with contact lenses at the outset of operational missions.