How to Use optometrist in a Sentence

optometrist

noun
  • The science types − optometrists and PhD students−even top the list.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Saldaña lives in Burleson and works as an optometrist in Fort Worth.
    Travis Pinson, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There is a new optometrist's office on East 2nd Street, at least at first glance.
    Vogue, 17 Feb. 2018
  • See your optometrist, and next time wear those darn glasses y'all!
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Don’t look at the eclipse, worried optometrists have been warning for weeks.
    Melissa Dahl, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Jeremy had the idea, then, of sending optometrists packs of the postcards pre-stamped, with the address line left blank.
    Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • At a vigil, the optometrist noted that six of the victims had been his patients.
    Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • Mark was the son of a railroad cop and Goodwill shop clerk, and always dreamed of being an optometrist.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Naperville optometrist George McArdle is keeping his eye on the ball these days, and with good reason.
    David Sharos, Naperville Sun, 19 May 2017
  • Take the case of the retired optometrist whose DIY investing took him to the billion-asset mark.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan: A trip to the optometrist.
    George Mathis, ajc, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Brown and gold tones are quickly filling the north-facing wall of a Carmel optometrist's office.
    Serena Puang, The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2021
  • Such devices could then pass on the data to an optometrist's office or a clinic.
    Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2016
  • Rivera-Oven’s 24-year-old son, who had been laid off from his job at an optometrist’s office when the pandemic hit.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Firstly, Hershoff says the user should consult with an optometrist to make sure the device is a fit.
    Marika Gerken, CNN, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Michael has been an optometrist in Buffalo, N.Y., since 2001 and has two children.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Kevin Ermis, a local optometrist, said six of the children killed were his patients.
    Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2022
  • One of the first big struggles unfolded at the optometrist, when Sabrina was held down for eye drops.
    New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • The optometrist has a second location in Bethany that will remain open.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 4 May 2021
  • Then, an optometrist saw a cherry-red spot in Ava’s eye during an exam, a telltale sign of Tay-Sachs.
    Victoria Barber, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2019
  • But fear of the virus is keeping some from being on the protest front lines, such as Tina Douroudian, an optometrist from Sterling, Virginia.
    Tonya Russell, Health.com, 8 June 2020
  • According to the lawsuit, Steele is an optometrist at Trussville Vision Care.
    Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Her father was an optometrist who died in 1990, Villafane said; his first and second wives died before him.
    Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The rusty sandstone mound did not match the level of the adjacent new city road, and the retired optometrist simply wanted to level it.
    Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2010
  • Michelle, an optometrist and mother of one of his students, helps bring color into his life in time for the holidays.
    al, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Maybe this optometrist could come to Kim Kardashian’s soulless white house?
    Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Reading became difficult: the white of the page took on a wince-inducing glare, and the words frosted over, like the lowermost lines on the optometrist’s eye chart.
    Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • Sam Eggleston, a retired optometrist who moved to Avon three years ago from outside Raleigh and bought a house on the western side of town, said even that smaller amount was too much.
    New York Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • An annual exam with an optometrist helps keep an eye on your visual health, of course, but there’s a lot more involved in the appointment than simply checking your vision.
    Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Your optometrist or ophthalmologist will numb your eye before injecting the medicine into your eye with a small needle.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 18 July 2024

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