How to Use contact lens in a Sentence

contact lens

noun
  • She wears contact lenses more often than glasses.
  • Zhao had managed to fish a contact lens out of its case and place it on a toy frog’s eye.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • This node, which looks like a contact lens, contains more than half a million nerve cells.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • There are kids that want contact lenses, and there’s some that don’t want to touch a contact lens.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There have been issues in the past with contact lens solutions.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2023
  • These drops should be added to the contact lens before insertion.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 29 June 2023
  • So please, don't use tap water for your contact lens solution.
    — Michelle Vartan, SELF, 12 July 2024
  • Hardy was introduced painfully trying to put a contact lens in his right eye.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • That includes the classic contact lens mistake of sleeping in them.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Nov. 2018
  • As the two teams were warming up, a contact lens fell to the court from the eye of a Princeton player.
    — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Roughly half of contact lens wearers report dry eye symptoms.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The pair no longer venture near a contact lens store to avoid further aggravating the staff there.
    — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • This may be just the start of using the contact lens as a platform for dosing medication.
    — Emily Mullin, Wired, 30 Mar. 2022
  • But this is a good solution for some folks who need to renew an eyeglass or contact lens prescription.
    — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Once the corneal tissue is re-shaped, a contact lens is put in place to protect the cornea until the outer layer grows back.
    — Christine L. Larsen, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
  • That said, a contact lens exam can almost always be performed at the same time as your routine eye exam.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Additionally, see a provider if wetting your eye doesn't work to remove a stuck contact lens.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The post says the reason for the change is that Mojo hasn’t been able to keep raising money to work on its smart contact lens.
    — Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Interestingly, vision is only part of the plan for this smart contact lens.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Zooming in and out will also be possible but the display on the first version of the contact lens will be monochrome.
    — Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 13 June 2021
  • The hope is that a special contact lens may cause the pits to fill in with tears (or moisture), correcting some of the distortion.
    — Jerry Adler, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022
  • There is also a risk that the contact lens and packing solution may become unsterile.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 19 May 2021
  • Have extra essentials in your carry-on, such as a change of clothes, contact lens solution and a phone charger.
    — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
  • Williams was rushed to an area hospital where doctors opened her eye and removed her contact lens, according to reports.
    — David Aaro, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The researchers have created a new type of contact lens that has a diameter of 10mm.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Every time the user blinks, their eyelid rubs against the PDMS contact lens.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The telescopic contact lens is just one of a handful of advances in futuristic eyewear.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2015
  • There’s a slew of contact lens brands and types on the market, but some are designed to help people with dry eyes, the Mayo Clinic says.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Tested by ophthalmologists, it’s been deemed safe for use on the waterline and for contact lens wearers.
    — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2019
  • This is caused by wearing them over so many years — and is typical for frequent contact lens wearers, Kurteeva said.
    — Melissa Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022

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