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in glasses vs with glasses

Both "in glasses" and "with glasses" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "In glasses" is used when referring to someone wearing glasses as a physical object on their face, while "with glasses" is used when referring to someone using glasses as a tool or accessory.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 3770 views

in glasses

This phrase is correct when referring to someone wearing glasses as a physical object on their face.

Use "in glasses" when describing someone who is wearing glasses as a physical object on their face.

Examples:

She looks great in glasses.
He always reads in glasses.
I can't recognize her in glasses.

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Ignore the woman in glasses, she's always yapping about something.
Reputedly he is the boy in glasses holding the eagle.
A "Galloping Volcano" for the man in glasses.
Behind me, man in glasses talking to Jack Napier.
Adam, am I prettier in glasses or contacts?
What's the name of the one in glasses?
They are either the ones in glasses or the ones screaming.
Doesn't he look Bette in glasses?
They are either the ones in glasses or the ones screaming.
I must express my dismay, however, at reading in the German newspaper Die Welt that Turkey, which likes to be portrayed as a moderate Islamic country, has enacted a law prohibiting the purchase and public serving of wine in glasses.
In view of the Turkish ban on the sale and consumption of wine in glasses, I have to ask whether this pledge amounts to 'words, idle words'.
I hear ice cubes rattling in glasses, I hear people talking, I hear people laughing.

Alternatives:

wearing glasses
with glasses on
having glasses on
sporting glasses
donning glasses

with glasses

This phrase is correct when referring to someone using glasses as a tool or accessory.

Use "with glasses" when describing someone who is using glasses as a tool or accessory, such as for reading or protection.

Examples:

She reads with glasses on.
He works with glasses to protect his eyes.
She drives with glasses for better vision.

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Where's that squid with glasses?
You hit a guy with glasses.
With girls with glasses, we don't talk calmly - we argue.
You saved that kid with glasses who was trapped.
I do like men with glasses.
Who's that foreigner with glasses?
Don't hit someone with glasses on.
It's a pencil with glasses and a dry British wit.
You just hit a smaller guy with glasses.
This suspect is an educated, middle-class nice Jewish lawyer with glasses.
He's a boring chap with glasses.
It just has to be women with glasses.
Emma, the guy with glasses is looking at you.
Guy with glasses can't be all bad.
Creativity is for people with glasses who like to lie.
My grandpa told it with glasses.
Antonio and Rosaria had never seen children with glasses.
I've never seen you with glasses on.
He's a boy with glasses on.
Lance is a skinny guy with glasses and red hair.

Alternatives:

using glasses
having glasses
utilizing glasses
employing glasses
putting on glasses

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