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Meanings of rear view mirror in English

A type of mirror found on automobiles and other vehicles, designed to allow the driver to see an area behind the vehicle.

Synonyms
Examples for "rear mirror"
Examples for "rear mirror"
1
Through the rear mirror above him he saw her hesitate before answering.
Native son
2
Through the rear mirror he saw her tilt the bottle and drink.
Native son
3
Brown earth and grey puddles fill the windscreen, while the rear mirror looks back on clear blue sky.
The Irish Times
4
Now and then he watched Jan kiss Mary in the reflection of the rear mirror above his head.
Native son
5
Lifeline turned a somersault and evaporated in the rear mirror at about the same time Tensquare broke the fore-horizon.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
1
Without looking at the rearview mirror, she backed away from the building.
In the night room: a novel
2
A camera-based rearview mirror system replaces the standard glass in the headliner.
Wired
3
Jeff's eyes left the road ahead to stare into the rearview mirror.
Darkness
4
He glanced at the rearview mirror and let a car overtake us.
Great house: a novel
5
But, so far, nothing in the sky, nor in the rearview mirror.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
Usage of rear view mirror in English
1
Even with the sea in the rear view mirror, the scene is inspiring.
BBC
2
The other new feature also labelled as ClearSight is the rear view mirror.
The South African
3
Kaori was looking at my face in the rear view mirror.
Evil and the Mask
4
He moved his head a bit and eyed me in the rear view mirror.
Highways in Hiding
5
He floors his accelerator and watches the barn diminish in his rear view mirror.
The new yorker
6
Now I wanted him to know exactly what he'd seen in his rear view mirror.
For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
7
You know, we can not drive into the future looking in the rear view mirror.
The new yorker
8
And thankfully I have a wife who says, 'Don't look in the rear view mirror.
The Guardian
9
Records kept getting left in the rear view mirror.
Reuters
10
I look in my rear view mirror to see the bead of sharp, bright lights.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
11
Wage growth picked up in March, but that is all in the rear view mirror.
Reuters
12
In the meantime, it's at least a little further back in the rear view mirror.
The Irish Times
13
Because we have a tendency to be looking in the rear view mirror too often here.
Wired
14
But that's all in the rear view mirror.
News.com.au
15
Hanging your son or daughter's first tennis shoe from your rear view mirror is awfully cute.
Wired
16
So much so that the tailgate seems miles away when you glance in the rear view mirror.
The Irish Times