looking glass

noun

: mirror

Examples of looking glass in a Sentence

always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass
Recent Examples on the Web The runaway greenhouse effect may play out here millions of years from now, making Venus the looking glass into Earth’s future. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024 Love, breakups, self-reflection and grief are all present throughout the eight-track project, a looking glass into her intricate and impressively balanced mind. Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023 Previously unaware that Red Dirt as a scene existed, Butts walked through a looking glass that night, meeting Great Divide frontman Mike McClure, who went on to produce Butts’ 2014 debut, Same Hell, Different Devil. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023 His brain was always challenging me to keep looking from the other side of the looking glass. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023 The skipping between both sides of the looking glass will soon become porous. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023 Its tall frame stood out as an elegant looking glass with a distinctive curve. Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023 To see liberal judges be this tough on a claim of discrimination against a racial minority, and even seeming to relish how easy the Supreme Court precedents have made it for courts to reject such a claim, feels like going through the looking glass. Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 During championship weekend at AT&T Stadium, Texas fans could imagine the future — through the looking glass of high school football. Dallas News, 20 Dec. 2022

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

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