as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
just sat there and gazed at the panorama before us until it got too dark to see
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as in stare
a fixed intent look
suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable
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Recent Examples of gaze
Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
The final shot sees Tom gazing out the window as a curtain gently sways in the warm breeze.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Keep your core tight, your shoulders back, and your gaze forward as much as possible.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
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Verb
This time of year, the annual month-long Perseid Meteor Shower is peaking, so once the sun does finally set, gaze upward again to see a flurry of shooting stars.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
The final shot sees Tom gazing out the window as a curtain gently sways in the warm breeze.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
The only beings exempt from Gunn’s compassionate gaze are authoritarians of any nationality or species.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Keep your core tight, your shoulders back, and your gaze forward as much as possible.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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Recipes from Valencia took me back to an afternoon lounging in the lawns near The City of Arts and Sciences, staring at orange trees, plucking pieces of rabbit from paella with my fingers, and swirling toast into olive oil.—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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The iconic meadow scene, during which Bella and Edward stare longingly at one another on the forest floor, reached new levels of enchantmemt thanks to a proper display of the scene's idyllic panorama.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite having the same 6-2 record, the selection committee appears to be going off the old eye test instead of valuing head-to-head matchups.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The extent of the unavoidable seemed to be in the eye of the beholder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Adelman stopped in to gawk at the scoreboard for a bit, and who knows, maybe to scout for candidates to fill the Nuggets’ 15th roster spot as well.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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In Park Slope, on 9th Street just past Eighth Avenue, the crowds flowing out of Prospect Park sometimes stop to gawk at a row of oddly whimsical townhouses.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Gaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaze. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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