gazed

past tense of gaze

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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. 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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 28 Oct. 2025.

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