How to Use optometrist in a Sentence

optometrist

noun
  • 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
  • Many of those stores also have on-site optometrists to provide eye exams.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The optometrist was young, with a dark mustache and a scab between his eyebrows.
    — Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The science types − optometrists and PhD students−even top the list.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Talk to an optometrist and poll them—or people who know who’ve had the procedure—for recs.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The optometrists have not yet issued a10-day notice to strike.
    — Pat Maio, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • When an optometrist shines a bright light into your eyes, a vast, branching tree sprouts in your field of vision.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
  • At a vigil, the optometrist noted that six of the victims had been his patients.
    — Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • Such devices could then pass on the data to an optometrist's office or a clinic.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • The optometrist has a second location in Bethany that will remain open.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 4 May 2021
  • 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
  • In a section on street names, Miller says Treadwell was given its name by an optometrist.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Kevin Ermis, a local optometrist, said six of the children killed were his patients.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2022
  • 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
  • During a visit to an optometrist in New York City, her mom broke down in the chair.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Not only can dirty lenses cause eye strain and headaches, but bacteria love to hang out on grimy glasses, one optometrist said.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • One actress noted that on a recent trip to the optometrist, she was asked about her ethnicity.
    — Jill Inderstrodt, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Maybe this optometrist could come to Kim Kardashian’s soulless white house?
    — Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The 64-year-widow and optometrist applied for the show after her sister-in-law told her about it.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But a pipe had burst in the optometrist’s apartment, setting Marbeck’s whole day behind.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Michelle, an optometrist and mother of one of his students, helps bring color into his life in time for the holidays.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2022
  • His parents brought him to the optometrist for glasses, and this simple but touching moment ensued.
    — Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Firstly, Hershoff says the user should consult with an optometrist to make sure the device is a fit.
    — Marika Gerken, CNN, 8 Nov. 2020
  • One of the first big struggles unfolded at the optometrist, when Sabrina was held down for eye drops.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • Thanks to the internet, getting a new pair of glasses no longer means having to spend all day at the optometrist’s office.
    — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 2 Apr. 2025

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