How to Use nearsighted in a Sentence
nearsighted
adjective- I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive.
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By 2050, estimates suggest that as much as a quarter of the world may be nearsighted.
—Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2019
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Not too bad for a nearsighted young Lieutenant who had never fired a weapon before.
—Debra Ciamacca, Time, 23 Feb. 2018
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Dear Mayo Clinic: My son is nearsighted and has been wearing glasses for three years.
—Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
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Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Gurpreet Singh, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2023
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An older man, bald and flushed, pulled off his headset, blinking the vulnerable blink of the nearsighted.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
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For a nearsighted someone who struggles to spot the puck even in high definition, Fox’s red comet that trailed a rocketed shot was ahead of its time.
—Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
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The nearsighted landing radar fix was even more straightforward.
—Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
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Acquaintances would remember him as a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque.
—Author: Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2019
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His guide located a buffalo—a feat the nearsighted Roosevelt could never have managed on his own.
—H.w. Brands, Time, 22 Oct. 2019
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But those eyes have typically been nearsighted at best.
—Jason Pohl, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2017
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His stepfather was an infantry officer who viewed his plump, nearsighted, flat-footed son as unfit for the Army.
—John H. Richardson, Esquire, 10 Aug. 2010
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Large stakes in Uber and Slack have begun to look more nearsighted than visionary as the companies’ share prices have fallen in the months following their public offerings.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
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At seven miles up and over ten miles from the landing site (or about 11 kilometers up and 16 kilometers away), the suddenly nearsighted radar was unable to lock onto anything.
—Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
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If a child has two nearsighted parents, the hereditary genetic effects increase the child's chances of needing glasses to about 60 percent, if time spent outdoors is low.
—CNN, 3 Oct. 2017
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Parents of children who are nearsighted will soon have another option for helping deal with the condition.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2019
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Childhood is an important time to think about myopia because myopic children tend to become more nearsighted over time.
—Olivia Killeen, The Conversation, 21 May 2020
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Does more time outside help already nearsighted children?
—CNN, 3 Oct. 2017
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Lasik surgeons use an ultraviolet laser to reduce the curvature of the cornea for people who are nearsighted, and to accent it for people who are farsighted.
—Author: Roni Caryn Rabin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2018
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Oxpeckers riding on rhinos feast on ticks, and their calls warn the nearsighted herbivores about approaching humans.
—Susanne Bard, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2020
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Throughout The Great, the black comedy’s satirical tone captures how theatrical and nearsighted politics can become amid a crisis.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 May 2020
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But the consolation, for a nearsighted person like me, is seeing individual gestures and mirroring so well.
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2021
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Pity the fictional characters who are projections of a misogynistic or nearsighted writer’s longing.
—Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
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Tencent has also faced direct regulatory pressure this summer, after President Xi Jinping pointed out that too many children were nearsighted and said the government was taking action.
—Shannon Liao, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2018
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What security does this provide beyond flummoxing nearsighted hackers?
—Answer Fella, Esquire, 6 Aug. 2010
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