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as in to stare
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class

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ogle

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noun

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Recent Examples of ogle
Verb
The best scenic ogling opportunities happen in the first 2.5 miles from the north terminus along Forest Road 618 near the community of Lake Montezuma. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025 This bruising love affair takes place in 1989 when super-ripped biceps were ogled with freakish fascination — including by Glass’ camera, which gawks as Lou pokes and licks Jackie in slow-motion. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023 The other two ogle a 2-inch Peter Venkman. Amy Paturel, M.s., Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2020 See All Example Sentences for ogle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
  • Perhaps the Staring Girl is just that, a staring girl.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • But Oskar continued to be mesmerized, staring at the rotating blades.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As such, scientists recently turned the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) powerful gaze towards 2024 YR4, capturing the object in both visible and thermal light.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • This documentary reverses the gaze by elevating the work and voices of scientists from unrepresented communities.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Amid the uncertainty, European companies are eyeing an opportunity to pivot away from the U.S. market to avoid the effects of the tariffs.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The equity is now down 7.6% over the past month and is eyeing its third weekly loss in four.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At the spa, Victoria pops a pill to relax before her massage, while another old bald guy leers at Piper during a yoga class.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Some may gawk at the duchess for televising her lifestyle at a California estate, accusing her of being out of touch with the times.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Nearly 100 reporters still showed up to gawk at their greatness.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere, shadow gapes invite light to flow through the property (another reference to the island’s volcanic origins).
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Jayne and their team also realized additional implications after studying and extrapolating the scalability ratio between their mouth gapes and cranial structures.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Its original formula peeks in at the misbehavior of mostly white American characters set loose on vacation spots that allow for the display of modern-day colonialism — first Hawaii, then Italy, and now Thailand.
    Armond White, National Review, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The data, assembled in a 3D reconstruction colored to delineate different brain circuitry, is open to scientists worldwide for additional research – and for the simply curious to take a peek.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The six-inch display is recessed into the bezels, which helps to reduce glare.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This can be especially apparent if clouds or haze are dimming the sun enough to reduce the glare.
    Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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