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  • Although he was slender and spare with silver wire-rimmed glasses, there was something about him that reminded Sharon of a roly-poly Santa Claus.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • A non-inattentive hipster-looking dude with wire-rimmed silver-framed glasses, a goatee, and a “Superchunk” T-shirt opened the door briskly.

    Stephanie Consults Her Clipboard [Card #7: The Chariot (WORK-IN-PROGRESS — v.4)] Christopher Snyder 2012

  • He pulled out a pair of glasses—wire-rimmed, of course—and put them on while he studied a small slip of paper.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • His friends called him "Ti-Lunet," little glasses, for the wire-rimmed pair he wore.

    Haiti Suffers Year Of Crisis With Nobody In Charge AP 2011

  • But reading the caption, I realized that what I thought were binoculars is actually a camera and Mr. Lennon's widow is shooting her husband's iconic wire-rimmed eyeglasses, positioned on a table by the window, for the cover of her album "Seasons of Glass."

    Dreary, Soggy and Pink Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • With his wire-rimmed spectacles and a pipe between his teeth, he looked just like I imagined a headmaster should.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • He pulled out a pair of glasses—wire-rimmed, of course—and put them on while he studied a small slip of paper.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • At one point, during a mention of me in the conversation, she turned and frankly looked back at me over her wire-rimmed spectacles, but before I could look away, she smiled warmly, then returned her attention to Mr. Soper.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • With his wire-rimmed spectacles and a pipe between his teeth, he looked just like I imagined a headmaster should.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • His friends called him "Ti-Lunet," little glasses, for the wire-rimmed pair he wore.

    Haiti Suffers Year Of Crisis With Nobody In Charge AP 2011

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