look over glasses

Frequency: 6.05.0 per million words

to look at something over the top of your glasses

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Examples (10)

  • The librarian looked over her glasses at me and whispered for silence.
  • He looks over his glasses whenever a student speaks out of turn.
  • She paused, looked over her glasses, and resumed reading.
  • With a wry smile, the judge looked over his glasses at the defendant.
  • I caught my grandfather looking over his glasses as he tried to thread the needle.
  • Have you ever seen the professor look over his glasses when someone is late?
  • She will look over her glasses at you if you interrupt.
  • The doctor has looked over his glasses at me more times than I can count.
  • Please don’t make her look over her glasses again.
  • Trying not to laugh, they looked over their glasses at each other.