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
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Sifting through data from sun-gazing spacecraft, Battams’s project has found more than 5,000 so far.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
Drinks downed, the guests’ gazes landed on the horological wall in front of them.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Days are spent barefoot, raising turnips, sitting out by the lake, gazing at the cattle.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Sifting through data from sun-gazing spacecraft, Battams’s project has found more than 5,000 so far.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
Their gazes famously met for the first time on the Croisette in 1955, and from that moment on, nothing was the same.
—Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
Drinks downed, the guests’ gazes landed on the horological wall in front of them.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Verb
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Two pairs of staring eyes, in intimate contact.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Since the discovery of the bacterial flagellar motor in the 1970s, biologists and creationists alike have marveled at its design like medieval architects staring with awe at the dome of the Pantheon built by their Roman ancestors.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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Two men carried an effigy of Maduro, his eyes blood-red, and his teeth vampiric, wearing a prison jumpsuit with a chain around his neck.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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And framed and hung on the door directly outside of the locker room is a life-sized contract sitting roughly eye-level with the players, ranging between six and seven feet tall.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Millions attended these exhibits and then went home to gawk at the vehicles at their local store.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Onlookers gawked from the balconies of nearby condo towers.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Gaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaze. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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