as in gazes
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 eyes
a fixed intent look
caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film
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Recent Examples of stares
Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
In the picture, Duggar holds her son, who wears a gray onesie and stares into the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
What could have been a really terrifying and unsettling scene, especially as the dead-eyed sheep stares ominously back at them, becomes just another goofy moment.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Its horn curves above its head like a long crescent moon, and below it a minute eye—no bigger than perhaps a millimetre or two—stares dead ahead.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
During their final exchange in the interrogation room, Gudsen stares at Michelle.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
And the crowd stares at the Beatles the same way.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The pair shared curious stares and wagged tails throughout the three-hour journey, delighting those seated nearby.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Nowhere on that list is getting lost, hurting myself in another country or getting racist stares.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Elementary school brought stares and whispers.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Back then, Mann attracted stares, questions, suspicion, and sometimes hostility.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the concept of moving somewhere warm is met with suspicious stares.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Appearing in all but eight of the series’ 113 episodes, Miyahara rarely spoke, his character most often providing silent, deadpan stares as punctuation to comic or outlandish scenes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Gakri turns away and stares into the corner of the car after not getting a treat.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
In the picture, Duggar holds her son, who wears a gray onesie and stares into the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
What could have been a really terrifying and unsettling scene, especially as the dead-eyed sheep stares ominously back at them, becomes just another goofy moment.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Its horn curves above its head like a long crescent moon, and below it a minute eye—no bigger than perhaps a millimetre or two—stares dead ahead.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
During their final exchange in the interrogation room, Gudsen stares at Michelle.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
And the crowd stares at the Beatles the same way.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
Resilience and Renewal Despite stares from strangers, Amber embraced her bald head.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The pair shared curious stares and wagged tails throughout the three-hour journey, delighting those seated nearby.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Nowhere on that list is getting lost, hurting myself in another country or getting racist stares.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Elementary school brought stares and whispers.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Back then, Mann attracted stares, questions, suspicion, and sometimes hostility.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the concept of moving somewhere warm is met with suspicious stares.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Appearing in all but eight of the series’ 113 episodes, Miyahara rarely spoke, his character most often providing silent, deadpan stares as punctuation to comic or outlandish scenes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stares
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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Charles gets boxed in by the camera, which gazes up at Anniston with near reverence.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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New York will likely have its eyes on a few top names on the market this winter.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The intensive care doctor who treated the boy told detectives the child arrived at the hospital in cardiac arrest, with a traumatic brain injury, including bleeding on the brain, bleeding of the eyes and a broken left leg, the report states.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Stares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stares. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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