spectacle - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • unedify: There are ways of dealing with the unedifying spectacle of people being tried by newspapers and they should be deployed.
  • tint: Those with rose tinted spectacles will recall the great Revie team playing in front of sell out crowds each home game.
  • edify: Not an edifying spectacle, and all the stranger given Moore's confidence of an anti-war vote turning out for a pro-war candidate.
  • wear: Avoiding pollen There may be some useful things you could do, from closing windows to going abroad, or even wearing special spectacles.
  • glitter: The scenery was also effective and well managed, linking with fabulous costumes to produce a glittering spectacle.
  • rim: A moment later I saw him sitting down beside the Roman Catholic priest with the dark horn rimmed spectacles.

Adjective modifier

  • rose-tinted: John T Hall 25 Nov 2005 Suggest Leon Rose takes off his rose-tinted spectacles.
  • horn-rimmed: It was 1985 when the man with horn-rimmed spectacles walked into my house.
  • awe-inspiring: Nothing will prepare you for this awe-inspiring spectacle; 8,000 life-sized model warriors, chariots and horses.
  • awesome: B ) Marvel at the awesome spectacle of God's Creation.
  • dazzling: Small sized telescopes will show a dazzling spectacle, a myriad of glimmering stars fused to form a slightly flattened disk.
  • thrilling: Join us on a 400-mile voyage around the tip of Baja California and witness the thrilling spectacle of Gray Whales in their calving lagoons.

Modifies a noun

  • wearer: Long eye relief for spectacle wearers with twist up / down eyecups for full field of view.
  • lens: The extra converging power of a spectacle lens permits the eye to focus the image on the retina.
  • correction: In practice, a reasonable lower limit for spectacle correction is + 1.50 dioptres ( + 3.00 ret. @ 2/3 meter ).
  • prescription: Optometrists write a spectacle prescription that is given to the patient and passed on to the optician.

Noun used with modifier

  • aphakic: More of the control group experienced functional blindness due to loss of aphakic spectacles at 1 year.
  • sporting: The Olympic Games is the biggest sporting spectacle in the world.
  • prescription: Paying more than you should for your prescription spectacles?
  • wildlife: THE ARCTIC has some of the earth's last great wilderness areas, where wildlife spectacles rival anything else on the planet.

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