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
Farran asked, gazing at their graves — cardboard signs smeared with handwritten Arabic because the war has made a proper burial in their village impossible.
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Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Here's what to know about the timing, and if the weather will allow for moon-gazing activities.
—Mariyam Muhammad, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Cunningham rose with the crowd, gazing in anticipation.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Jack was captured sitting on the floor and gazing at his name, which had been written on the ground in white chalk.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
One untitled work from 1994 shows a strange monster—a guard bent over, gazing back at us between his own legs, his upside-down grin framed by his jackboots.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Even without a treatment booking, guests may cycle through the hydrotherapy circuit—steam, sauna, hot and cold plunge—while gazing at city panoramas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Crevette answers all your seafood desires, while other options include crepes and waffles, beers and glasses of wine, ideally consumed gazing over the sunset.
—Maddy Odom, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
Days are spent barefoot, raising turnips, sitting out by the lake, gazing at the cattle.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Here's what to know about the timing, and if the weather will allow for moon-gazing activities.
—Mariyam Muhammad, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Cunningham rose with the crowd, gazing in anticipation.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Jack was captured sitting on the floor and gazing at his name, which had been written on the ground in white chalk.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
One untitled work from 1994 shows a strange monster—a guard bent over, gazing back at us between his own legs, his upside-down grin framed by his jackboots.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Even without a treatment booking, guests may cycle through the hydrotherapy circuit—steam, sauna, hot and cold plunge—while gazing at city panoramas.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Crevette answers all your seafood desires, while other options include crepes and waffles, beers and glasses of wine, ideally consumed gazing over the sunset.
—Maddy Odom, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
Days are spent barefoot, raising turnips, sitting out by the lake, gazing at the cattle.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazing
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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Suddenly, the Royals were staring at a 5-2 deficit.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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Those are important characteristics for advertisers seeking to make dynamic campaigns for an audience that's grown accustomed to viewing short-form videos on Reels or gawking at cat photos on Facebook and Instagram.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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On a typical day, the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale reverberates with animal cries and the footfalls of gawking visitors.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Gazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gazing. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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