as in stared
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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Recent Examples of gazed
The pair—who’ve been married since 2018—held hands and gazed at each other, and the Love Again star was photographed adjusting her husband’s black bow tie and putting her hand on his chest.
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Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
Countless people around the world have unknowingly gazed into a fourth-floor room of the former Jefferson Hotel in Phoenix.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 9 Jan. 2026
For those infidels keeping score at home, exactly one year ago today, Carrnac gazed into his crystal ball and presciently predicted both the acquittal of Karen Read and the conviction of Tania Fernandes Anderson.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Or gazed upon the dark skies hanging above Aotea?
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2025
The snap showed the preschooler standing next to her father as the two gazed up at the sky with the rainbow peaking over the tall trees.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Fundholz said nothing and just gazed blankly past her.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
And the face of Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a powerful Shiite militia, gazed down from a monumental billboard.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
That means by the end of 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
Countless people around the world have unknowingly gazed into a fourth-floor room of the former Jefferson Hotel in Phoenix.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 9 Jan. 2026
For those infidels keeping score at home, exactly one year ago today, Carrnac gazed into his crystal ball and presciently predicted both the acquittal of Karen Read and the conviction of Tania Fernandes Anderson.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Or gazed upon the dark skies hanging above Aotea?
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2025
The snap showed the preschooler standing next to her father as the two gazed up at the sky with the rainbow peaking over the tall trees.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Fundholz said nothing and just gazed blankly past her.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
And the face of Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a powerful Shiite militia, gazed down from a monumental billboard.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
That means by the end of 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazed
Verb
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The horses in the fear group touched the novel object less often and stared at it from a distance more than their peers did.—
Marta Hill,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2026
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Freeman stared at the video screen with his mouth open.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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They’re presented as endearing surprises of nature and life, celebrated rather than gawked at.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2025
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Drilling for progress As the rest of us gawked at Maye’s pinpoint accuracy on his 55-yard completion to Rhamondre Stevenson in the third quarter of last Sunday’s win — the longest of his career — Maye’s position coach smiled for a different reason.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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