ogle 1 of 2

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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noun

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Recent Examples of ogle
Verb
The surfaces are hand rendered using a precise technique to achieve a light-dispersing effect that is at once understated and ogle worthy. Nancy Olson, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 There is no greater pastime in West Texas than simply, and somewhat reverently, ogling one’s surroundings, especially at sunrise and sunset. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
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
  • The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There are Super Bowl rookies staring around the place with eyes as wide as dinner plates (this reporter falls into that camp), there are members of the international media who have flown from around the world to be here.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Her understanding of her body and her steely gaze has only deepened since then, culminating in her Best Actress win at the Academy Awards for 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The cover image is one of several that show Barbara with her dark hair obscuring her face, an adolescent Cousin Itt, hiding from the parental gaze.
    Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • With the conclusion of the 2024 NFL season and Super Bowl LIX in the rearview, teams are already eyeing prospects.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Lonnie Briley, Coal Battle's trainer, is eyeing the same Oaklawn races as Moquett.
    Bob Wisener Special to The Sentinel-Record, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.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
  • Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Verb
  • Above the pool outside my room, there’s a fountain depicting a gawking fish revealing yet more fish heads inside its mouth.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
  • As onlookers gawked, took pictures and videos of the stunt, much could be said of the meta recreation and the series’ commentary on surveillance, the nature of work and the interplay of the two in the modern world.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This talc-free powder seamlessly blends into the skin, smoothing over pores and fine lines while still letting your natural glow peek through.
    Daisy Maldonado, Allure, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Trump made a quick comment to reporters in the Oval Office Friday, one that offered an important peek into his trade war philosophy.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article Ciara Chatman walked out of her Auburn Gresham home Monday night and was met by the glare of candlelight.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Whitney is so strong that not even the icy glare of her former teammates can get to her.
    Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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