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
Waylon Barnes, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The post included a series of pictures of the 67-year-old superstar seated on mattress on the floor in a gauzy light pink nightgown staring at the camera with an old-fashioned typewriter at her feet, striking the kinds of sultry looks that have been her signature for more nearly half a century.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Back then, Mann attracted stares, questions, suspicion, and sometimes hostility.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Resolve to pay the price success demands, make mistakes openly, don’t overthink your expression, take yourself seriously and, above all else, look in the mirror every day and see that creative person staring back at you.
—Waylon Barnes, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The post included a series of pictures of the 67-year-old superstar seated on mattress on the floor in a gauzy light pink nightgown staring at the camera with an old-fashioned typewriter at her feet, striking the kinds of sultry looks that have been her signature for more nearly half a century.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Nowhere on that list is getting lost, hurting myself in another country or getting racist stares.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Back then, Mann attracted stares, questions, suspicion, and sometimes hostility.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stare
Verb
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When Belly emerges from the bathroom in her birthday outfit, Conrad gazes at her.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Multiple donkeys crowd around the car, gazing in the window and interacting with each other.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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