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
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023 Maybe not the happiest scene, but the gallery itself is always filled with ogle-worthy art, and is free to enter at 508 W. 26th St, Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
Noun
Stop ogling someone else’s setup and go claim yours. PC Magazine, 28 July 2025 The coffeehouse abuts The Hudson Gardens & Event Center, a free botanical garden with plenty of additional flora to ogle. Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for ogle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
  • The camera then pans to show the house opposite—where another golden is sitting in the exact same spot in its own yard, staring right back at Copper, but neither crossing the threshold on to the street.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The two men then lie down next to each other and stare at the ceiling.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the truth is, this gentle giant is hoping his gaze will be the thing that finally catches the right family's attention.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Where And When To Look Step outside after sunset on any clear night this September and turn your gaze toward the north-northwest horizon.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bank is eyeing SouthPark to build its first branch.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
  • With so much fashion existing online, there’s something refreshing about trying pieces on in-store after eyeing them first on a little screen.
    Libby Page, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some of the same faces are AI replicated more than once in the same scene and sport strange zombie-like staring leers or appear out of scale with other surrounding character identities.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Where the documentary does excel is in its speedy ability to draw out and characterize the various personalities lurking around the case, though its eye for the revealing detail can at times turn into a leer.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the cringe-comedy antics of the original NBC series landed far better in Season 3 than in Season 1, once audiences began to truly love the characters instead of just gawking at them.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some viewers even took to hate-watching the show, tuning in every week just to gawk at the latest episodes’ cringeworthy moments.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Rattle the bars with his scream and swallow me into the black of his gape.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Take a peek behind the music in this tale about a Muscogee pop star who hunkers down at her estranged grandmother’s Oklahoma ranch to weather a public scandal and meets a grumpy cowboy.
    Jamie Harrow, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As for who will get a peek at the foliage first, The Almanac predicts that in the northern tier states out West and in the Midwest, foliage will begin shifting by late September.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sidewalk glare to in-office fluorescents are no match for this mineral SPF 30 that delivers with a Swiss clock’s precision.
    Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Apple has applied an anti-reflective coating to ward off glare to all of the new iPhones, while the S25 Ultra is the only S25 with that feature.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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