as in staring
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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Recent Examples of ogling
Fueled up after a good breakfast, there’s nothing more NorCal than wandering around a farmers market and ogling the seasonal produce.
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Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
In a viral clip on X from a fan account for Criss, 39, the Glee alum can be seen ogling Peters on the red carpet of the 79th annual Tony Awards on June 7.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
The antics each week involved lovable Gilligan ruining a plan to get the gang rescued, but also ogling the bombshell Ginger (Tina Louise) and getting annoyed by Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus).
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.
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Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Paging through seed catalogs and ogling rare varieties might become your new favorite pastime.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
11 Mar. 2026
When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it.
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Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2026
The South is filled with gorgeous locations like autumn in the Smoky Mountains, leafy drives in the Shenandoahs, the Garden District in New Orleans, ogling the stars in the Texas llano, sunrise in the Florida Keys, or watching the fireflies in Congaree National Park.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
In a viral clip on X from a fan account for Criss, 39, the Glee alum can be seen ogling Peters on the red carpet of the 79th annual Tony Awards on June 7.
—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
The antics each week involved lovable Gilligan ruining a plan to get the gang rescued, but also ogling the bombshell Ginger (Tina Louise) and getting annoyed by Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus).
—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.
—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Paging through seed catalogs and ogling rare varieties might become your new favorite pastime.
—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
11 Mar. 2026
When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it.
—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2026
The South is filled with gorgeous locations like autumn in the Smoky Mountains, leafy drives in the Shenandoahs, the Garden District in New Orleans, ogling the stars in the Texas llano, sunrise in the Florida Keys, or watching the fireflies in Congaree National Park.
—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogling
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The banners of Hightower green burning in the night, Rhaenyra staring ominously through the flames.
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Now, yes, staring at the ceiling long enough to draw you a diagram of the paint peeling.
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Research shows that 71% of leaders are under severe stress, with 40% eyeing the exit.
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Now, more and more Americans are eyeing up new lives south of the equator.
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Isn’t that what any of us wants when gazing into the mirror held up to nature, as Hamlet describes the theater?
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Soul gazing The following morning, the participants wake up with maybe the clearest heads in Nashville.
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Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
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The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
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“Ogling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogling. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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