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
Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 May 2025
Vidal stared at Buckley during this outburst with the expression of a cat that has just swallowed a very large canary.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
What To Know Several reporters tried to question Balmer as he was led out of the courthouse, but the suspect remained silent, only breaking his impassive stare by rolling his eyes upward into the back of his head and pushing out his tongue to cover his chin.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Verb
But there’s one client who has evaded her for decades, always on the verge of fulfilling her potential and showcasing versatility, and she’s been staring at Goldsmith-Thomas in the mirror.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 May 2025
Vidal stared at Buckley during this outburst with the expression of a cat that has just swallowed a very large canary.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Noun
The newcomer has a wide-eyed, penetrating stare that at once communicates the reality of Fuki’s innocence and the depth of her curiosity.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
What To Know Several reporters tried to question Balmer as he was led out of the courthouse, but the suspect remained silent, only breaking his impassive stare by rolling his eyes upward into the back of his head and pushing out his tongue to cover his chin.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stare
Verb
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Kulture even holds her little one in her arms, while Cardi gazes at her two girls.—
Emma Aerin Becker,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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But colleges and schools, too, are gazing in the mirror: What’s the point—the medium, more precisely—of education nowadays amidst tech upheaval?—
Michael Serazio,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Earhart gawked at markets where soft-shelled-turtle eggs were sold alongside string beans.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Two men sitting in a silver GMC pickup truck who were watching the disposal drove over to the gawking residents.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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