two-way mirror
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The movie is interested in the sadness, loneliness or perhaps even sinister nature of emotionally investing so deeply in fandom,” Schoenbrun says, likening it to a two-way mirror.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024
Thrilling, but also cortisol-spiking; the sense of being trapped like animals in a zoo is intensified by an obsidian two-way mirror on Wilson Chin’s spartan set.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
At best, you’re on the other side of a two-way mirror, hoping the disease really can’t see you.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022
This is usually done in an observation laboratory, complete with video-monitoring equipment and a two-way mirror.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2020
He leans against it, arms folded, and I look past him, searching for the hidden two-way mirror.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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