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Examples of stare in a Sentence
USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
You might be tempted to stare in the direction of the Lyra constellation, but experts recommend letting your eyes roam around the entire sky.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Think of Jets and Sharks decked out in buckskins or Yankee blue, ambling down our grubby streets, swapping mad-dog stares or whistling a few bars of those taunting tunes — pushing, egging, daring someone to start something.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Aidan Hernandez lay on the sidewalk wearing his eclipse glasses and staring up.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Half a dozen of his officers sat in chairs, staring fixedly at the monitor, which was now blank.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Some 100 yards straight ahead stood a 3,500-pound hippopotamus, staring squarely in our direction.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
At first, Rosenfeld said, the twins stared at pictures of their parents.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
The last solar eclipse was in 2017, and (somewhat famously) then-President Donald Trump stared directly at it bare eyed—a huge health concern.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
Many thirsted over him on social media: The smoldering stare.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Priyamani is a top government official in the film and her pauses, sighs and stares are all full of meaning.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
An aggressive mountain lion may fixate on you with an unblinking stare, a behavior distinct from many animals that typically avoid direct eye contact.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
No one quite knew how to use this tall comedian with the deadpan stare and an ability to go from 1 to 1,000 on the rage scale in seconds flat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
There’s also a Seinfeld reference, when guest stars Annie Mumolo and Rob Riggle, the latter playing a fictional Seinfeld writer, bring up the sensitive topic of the series finale and Larry shoots them a death stare.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
Eventually, however, Hermes (played by Lillias White) gave the house an authoritative settle down stare.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024
Philly sits with demonstrative defiance, anchoring his beagle butt to the pavement, and gives you a stubborn stare.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Verb
Middle English, from Old English starian; akin to Old High German starēn to stare, Greek stereos solid, Lithuanian starinti to stiffen
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun
1553, in the meaning defined above
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stare. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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stare
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stare
2 of 2 noun
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