looking glass

noun

: mirror

Examples of looking glass in a Sentence

always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass
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Whether greeting guests in your entryway, dressing up a ho-hum bathroom, or crowning a fireplace, console, or headboard, this leafy looking glass is sure to make a striking and lasting first impression. Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025 For many, the start of the pandemic was like going through the looking glass. Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025 As the rational and oft-flabbergasted physician who narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, Watson is the looking glass into Holmes’s intellectual superpowers. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025 Yet Painfully Realistic The comedian’s new Max show peers through the looking glass at the emptiness of modern life. Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for looking glass

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of looking glass was in 1526

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“Looking glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/looking%20glass. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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