as in to gaze
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband
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as in gaze
a fixed intent look
caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film
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Recent Examples of stare
Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Bella and Edward's meet-cute is fraught with painfully awkward conversations, sullen stares and a near-death by runaway van.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Agnes has a gawky, floppy-haired beauty, a gently appraising stare, quizzically arching eyebrows, and a tendency to listen with her mouth half open, as if in anticipation of a punch line that will take her, and us, by surprise.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
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Verb
While Lian was staring in the mirror practicing her hows and lows and preparing for her future, Wenyu was sneaking out of prep class more and more frequently to pull petty pranks with her new boyfriend.
—Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Bella and Edward's meet-cute is fraught with painfully awkward conversations, sullen stares and a near-death by runaway van.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Noun
The half dozen men aboard stare at you blankly, their uniforms identifying them as the Qin coast guard.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Agnes has a gawky, floppy-haired beauty, a gently appraising stare, quizzically arching eyebrows, and a tendency to listen with her mouth half open, as if in anticipation of a punch line that will take her, and us, by surprise.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
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Verb
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Climb to the top, gaze around in wonder and the eons will dissolve as you are transported into the past.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Part of the allure of this neighborhood is Humboldt Boulevard — gazing at the old mansions and churches that were once Jewish synagogues.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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The Renaissance-era tradesmen are long gone; in their place are people there to gawk at what the Renaissance-era tradesmen bought.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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After his many successes, 62-year-old Issacs should be sitting on a fortune most actors would gawk at.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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