as in staring
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 gazing
The footage shows a tabby cat gazing out the window with her back to the camera while a small gray-and-white kitten sits beside her.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The final shot sees Tom gazing out the window as a curtain gently sways in the warm breeze.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Mike shook Drew’s hand while gazing at his old car.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Honor’s promo depicts the Robot Phone doing everything from entertaining children and taking selfies to skydiving and gazing at the stars.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
It was supposed to be inspired by the 1967 movie The Graduate and found Kardashian and the pop star holding hands and gazing into each other’s eyes on a beach in the Bahamas.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Every detail of a stay is intentionally crafted to create moments that guests will remember long after departure, whether that’s a quiet morning by the creek, a wellness session like our new floating sound healing, or simply gazing at the Red Rocks with a morning coffee.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
To be sure, space agencies including NASA already have several sun-gazing spacecraft stationed to watch for solar activity.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
However, in the recorded clip, Black could be seen gazing at officers with open hands prior to being shot by a pepper ball.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The final shot sees Tom gazing out the window as a curtain gently sways in the warm breeze.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Mike shook Drew’s hand while gazing at his old car.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Honor’s promo depicts the Robot Phone doing everything from entertaining children and taking selfies to skydiving and gazing at the stars.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
It was supposed to be inspired by the 1967 movie The Graduate and found Kardashian and the pop star holding hands and gazing into each other’s eyes on a beach in the Bahamas.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Every detail of a stay is intentionally crafted to create moments that guests will remember long after departure, whether that’s a quiet morning by the creek, a wellness session like our new floating sound healing, or simply gazing at the Red Rocks with a morning coffee.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
To be sure, space agencies including NASA already have several sun-gazing spacecraft stationed to watch for solar activity.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
However, in the recorded clip, Black could be seen gazing at officers with open hands prior to being shot by a pepper ball.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazing
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Behind the glass doors of an unassuming building in Manhattan, staring across a shuttered print shop, a shadowy world stirred, coming alive with the flick of cards, the muted clink of glasses and the quiet hum of a dangerous secret.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Sean Monahan, Voronkov and others came up empty on point-blank opportunities that left them staring into the rafters or yelling at the ice in frustration.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the cringe-comedy antics of the original NBC series landed far better in Season 3 than in Season 1, once audiences began to truly love the characters instead of just gawking at them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nunn has a divided audience, as the Baddies show is fueled with drama, with Jerry Springer style fights to keep viewers gawking.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Gazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gazing. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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