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
In the photo’s bottom‑left corner, a child pressed to someone’s chest gazed directly at the viewer.
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Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Who among us has not gazed at the stars and marveled at how our eyes are absorbing light that traveled thousands of years to reach us?
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
Also like the pop icon, the actress gazed into the camera with her blonde locks flowing down her shoulders.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Sweeney posed with her arms overhead and gazed at her reflection in the mirror.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
After releasing the baseball, Luis Garcia gazed toward the first-base dugout.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The model could be seen holding up her bouquet as Westwick gazed lovingly at her.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Who among us has not gazed at the stars and marveled at how our eyes are absorbing light that traveled thousands of years to reach us?
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
Also like the pop icon, the actress gazed into the camera with her blonde locks flowing down her shoulders.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Sweeney posed with her arms overhead and gazed at her reflection in the mirror.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
After releasing the baseball, Luis Garcia gazed toward the first-base dugout.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The model could be seen holding up her bouquet as Westwick gazed lovingly at her.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazed
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Then, in the 1980s, Anne stared as Veronica Rooney on the hit sitcom Archie Bunker’s Place, a role that added two more Emmy nods to her roster.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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So in the moments after takeoff, Higginbotham always stared at his watch, heart pounding, counting the seconds to a minute.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 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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“Gazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gazed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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