as in stares
a fixed intent look
suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable
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as in gawks
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 gazes
New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In Competition Tender Claws’ Face Jumping, uses eye-tracking on the Meta Quest Pro to let participants swap perspectives with what looked like ghosts, by locking gazes with them.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Harper gazes through the window at two new pitches which have cost £750,000 ($1m) to install.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Lina gazes past the snow, into the darkness under the trees.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Rosé gazes into the camera, her expression calm and professional.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
When Belly emerges from the bathroom in her birthday outfit, Conrad gazes at her.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Charles gets boxed in by the camera, which gazes up at Anniston with near reverence.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Their gazes lock for what seems like an eternity until Conrad breaks the moment, asking for help to stand.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Abrams-Draine traces receivers’ gazes, searching for any flash of excitement.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Lots of laughter, troubled gazes, leftovers.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In Competition Tender Claws’ Face Jumping, uses eye-tracking on the Meta Quest Pro to let participants swap perspectives with what looked like ghosts, by locking gazes with them.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
In the next, her husband looks on lovingly while their toddler gazes at the baby with joy, curiosity and awe.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Harper gazes through the window at two new pitches which have cost £750,000 ($1m) to install.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Lina gazes past the snow, into the darkness under the trees.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Rosé gazes into the camera, her expression calm and professional.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
When Belly emerges from the bathroom in her birthday outfit, Conrad gazes at her.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Charles gets boxed in by the camera, which gazes up at Anniston with near reverence.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Their gazes lock for what seems like an eternity until Conrad breaks the moment, asking for help to stand.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Abrams-Draine traces receivers’ gazes, searching for any flash of excitement.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazes
Noun
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Some feminists saw that as presumption, skipping the long price of admission—slights, salaries, stares.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Secluded in the rural Indiana camp, reigniting a messy relationship with a longtime friend and wary of the cryptic stares of her peers, our narrator discovers the demons have followed her all the way from New York City.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tietjen was fatally shot and his face and eyes were also burned with cigarettes, according to WISTV.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hans is engaged to a fellow performer, but Cleopatra has her eyes on Hans’s sizable inheritance.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Gazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gazes. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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