bespectacled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bespectacled
First recorded in 1735–45; be- + spectacled
Example Sentences
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Bespectacled and known for his measured tone, the 68-year-old is believed to enjoy the confidence of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after a long career in the Islamic republic's military, media and legislature.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Bespectacled, 20-year old Dori, who like some women no longer wears the mandatory headscarf, reflected how "last month was terrible".
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Bespectacled, with shoulder-length gray hair and a quick laugh, Nelson said she lost her husband to pancreatic cancer six years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
Bespectacled and with the look of a bank manager, Feijóo is heir to the late Manuel Fraga, a fellow Galician and one-time top politician in the former Franco dictatorship.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023
Bespectacled, serious, sporting a pencil-thin mustache, and usually seen in a neatly pressed suit, twenty-four-year-old Fred Gray was just six months out of law school in March 1955.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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