Example Sentences

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Even more than an accomplished pianist, my mother was an accomplished sight-reader.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

The church choir has made me a quicker study, a better sight-reader, and louder...

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2016

I was a good sight-reader and had an insatiable appetite for what Dave Eggers calls "non-required reading".

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2010

Can teach or play violin in musical family; sight-reader in classical works.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

Rosabell Pickett says I’m a natural sight-reader with a great ear for harmony.”

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.