as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade
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Recent Examples of goggle
Over and over, we are invited to goggle at such amazingness.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
Mok, the former second-in-command of the Yellow Neck daofei, goggled his eyes in surprise.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 May 2020
Any human eye, goggled by a car’s windshield, can graft such fantasies onto the great Mojave.
—Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
Kevin Heenan, the thin-goggled duke with 30-foot range.
—Tom Corvin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
Mok, the former second-in-command of the Yellow Neck daofei, goggled his eyes in surprise.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 May 2020
Any human eye, goggled by a car’s windshield, can graft such fantasies onto the great Mojave.
—Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
Kevin Heenan, the thin-goggled duke with 30-foot range.
—Tom Corvin, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
See All Example Sentences for goggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggle
Verb
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When Robbie first strokes the plush walls, her Cathy stares with the appropriate mix of awe and terror.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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Stevenson was forced to walk over to him, so that the two could perform the next part of the ritual and stare at each other, eye to eye.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Images of Robbie in looks from archival John Galliano to custom Dilara Findikoglu, often gazing up at co-star Jacob Elordi, himself in custom Bottega Veneta, have been crowding our social feeds for weeks, well ahead of the film’s February 13 release.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The façade was pure marketing, with Schubert and Mozart gazing down on an arched display window that gave views into the rotunda.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bystanders gawk and cheer from the sidewalks.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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The town has become a popular destination for people who want to gawk at the extraordinary creatures.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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