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
Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Besides their long, dark hair and smoldering gazes, what do Charli XCX and Salma Hayek have in common?
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
Later, when both groups of residents were practicing their knots, the quiet eye group was told to employ sustained gazes while the control group was not.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The chandelier fixed squarely in the vaulted ceiling and the elegant milk glass lamps that lined the hallway cast their soft gazes downward.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Their gazes are bright, or disaffected, or longing.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
Her perceptive lensing is especially poignant across wordless scenes where the two girls romance their teacher through longing gazes.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Hinkey finds both viciousness and vulnerability within Red Feather, crafting, through his fierce physicality and long, unblinking gazes, a man aware of the world steadily leaving him behind.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Curving around the glistening, glacial Sarmiento Lake, an amphitheater of rooms gazes up at the Paine massif, with scenes constantly shifting depending on the time of day.
—Sarah Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
In the 2022 snippet, the toddler gazes at the stage from his father’s arms in a pair of headphones.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
Brugge lifts up one of the jars and gazes at it with reverence.
—Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
In its analysis, Premier Inn showed 100 participants images of winter in 72 cities around the world and used eye-tracking technology to measure which destinations held gazes the longest.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Wearing a tropical print shirt, Ben Parker, visiting from Kansas City, gazes at the colorful mojitos and other drinks on the table next to him.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Fitzgerald stands at the center while Gillespie gazes at her, flanked by other musicians.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
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
Noun
Enveloped in all this optical dazzlement, and cutting across the frame with their bold, frontal gazes, the women are the very embodiment of dignity and power, mirrors of the independence roiling at the heart of the nation.
—Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Besides their long, dark hair and smoldering gazes, what do Charli XCX and Salma Hayek have in common?
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
Later, when both groups of residents were practicing their knots, the quiet eye group was told to employ sustained gazes while the control group was not.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The chandelier fixed squarely in the vaulted ceiling and the elegant milk glass lamps that lined the hallway cast their soft gazes downward.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Their gazes are bright, or disaffected, or longing.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
Her perceptive lensing is especially poignant across wordless scenes where the two girls romance their teacher through longing gazes.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Hinkey finds both viciousness and vulnerability within Red Feather, crafting, through his fierce physicality and long, unblinking gazes, a man aware of the world steadily leaving him behind.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
Tuxedoed servers wear playing-card pins on their lapels; a slot machine in the entryway shaped like a life-size Doc Holliday gazes at diners with uncanny intensity.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Curving around the glistening, glacial Sarmiento Lake, an amphitheater of rooms gazes up at the Paine massif, with scenes constantly shifting depending on the time of day.
—Sarah Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
In the 2022 snippet, the toddler gazes at the stage from his father’s arms in a pair of headphones.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
Brugge lifts up one of the jars and gazes at it with reverence.
—Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
In its analysis, Premier Inn showed 100 participants images of winter in 72 cities around the world and used eye-tracking technology to measure which destinations held gazes the longest.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Wearing a tropical print shirt, Ben Parker, visiting from Kansas City, gazes at the colorful mojitos and other drinks on the table next to him.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Fitzgerald stands at the center while Gillespie gazes at her, flanked by other musicians.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazes
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Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis co-directed the song’s cheeky video, which is set in a grocery store and is ripe with fruit-touching and wistful stares.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her performance is a showpiece of stiffness and resentment, all mannered pouting and stern forehead-forward stares, that’s two steps away from parody — until her earrings in the sixth episode bring it over the line.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By then the oil companies, mindful of the world’s disapproving eyes, had positioned the gas flares among the vegetation and pointed the flames horizontally to limit their visibility from a distance.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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His sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks were undeniably adorable.—
Gaby Del Valle,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Gazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gazes. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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