stare at (someone)
phrasal verb
stared at (someone); staring at (someone); stares at (someone)
: to look steadily at (someone)
We just sat and stared at each other.
—often used figuratively for something that should be apparentThe solution was staring right at me but I didn't see it.
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This plays over Jimmy's memory of seeing Goldstein's guilty face stare at him solemnly from within the cop car.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Walking through the hotel is like strolling through an art gallery, with numerous works to stop and stare at.
—Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
In Zoya’s rendering of a rape victim lying face down in blood, her head has turned too far to the side, like a broken doll’s, and her empty eye sockets stare at the viewer.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
So often people would curiously stare at her feet and legs, but never quite know what to say to her.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Walking through the hotel is like strolling through an art gallery, with numerous works to stop and stare at.
—Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
In Zoya’s rendering of a rape victim lying face down in blood, her head has turned too far to the side, like a broken doll’s, and her empty eye sockets stare at the viewer.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
So often people would curiously stare at her feet and legs, but never quite know what to say to her.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for stare at (someone)
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“Stare at (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stare%20at%20%28someone%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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