ogle 1 of 2

as in to stare
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class

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noun

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Recent Examples of ogle
Verb
Customers periodically come in and ogle our nearly 10-man group, with one younger man — and surprisingly, an older chef — coming to our table to laud Gibbs. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025 For Boyd, these giant diamonds are also more visible today, thanks to the advent of social media platforms like Instagram, where they can be posted for the world to ogle. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023 Maybe not the happiest scene, but the gallery itself is always filled with ogle-worthy art, and is free to enter at 508 W. 26th St, Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 See All Example Sentences for ogle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
  • As the boat sails away, the Creature quietly stares into the sunrise with a smile on his face.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The video teaser Chrli shared features eerie, horror film–like sound effects and the haunting sound of violins as Charli is pinned down by an elderly hand while staring directly into the camera.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Others slammed it for catering to the male gaze and taking inspiration from Brooke Shields' controversial 1980 denim campaign.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Eyes not on the sides of their heads, and a quick, macular gaze that isn’t like other animals’.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The White House recently signaled a new security initiative with Qatar, and Riyadh is understood to be eyeing a similar framework with Washington.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Top banks from Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa are among the newly arrived or expanding institutions over the past 18 months as their leaders eye a market that still produces higher than average banking profits.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
  • In the scene, the men leer at Caroline and touch her face.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here, astronomers are gawking at a radio signal that appears crudely on the screen like a crooked game of Pong but turns out to be a line of data repeated every 78 seconds from 600 light-years away.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Adelman stopped in to gawk at the scoreboard for a bit, and who knows, maybe to scout for candidates to fill the Nuggets’ 15th roster spot as well.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Rattle the bars with his scream and swallow me into the black of his gape.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Etsy Trend Edit gives holiday enthusiasts a peek at the gifts and decorating ideas that will define the season.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Its serendipitous pass through our corner of the cosmos offers us a rare peek into what conditions might be like outside the solar system.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Caesar and Coca were soon joined on the show by the diminutive Howard Morris, whom Caesar could hoist from the ground and glare at face to face, and by Carl Reiner, tall like Caesar but as happy as Sid was miserable—the ideal second banana.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Despite the glare, the family had smiles on their faces, with Diana lovingly holding Harry's hand.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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