stare out

phrasal verb

stared out; staring out; stares out

British

: to look directly into a person's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away

—often used figuratively

They had stared out danger more than once.

Examples of stare out in a Sentence

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Cassie turned forward and stared out the windshield to the road unraveling among the shadows ahead. —

Lizz Schumer, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024 The photos of moms staring out of bay windows at something idyllic were replaced by crying ones after something went wrong, somewhere. —

Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 16 Oct. 2024 Folie à Deux is both overlong and empty, padded out with copious shots of characters walking down hallways or staring out of car windows. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024 When Bruce Springsteen stands onstage, staring out at the crowd, or with his head bowed, and cocks his guitar behind him, that pose is now as iconic as that of the young Abraham Lincoln holding an ax over his shoulder. —

Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stare out