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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
If you're stumped for ideas, and budgeting isn't the first thing on your mind, trendsetters will ogle over these fancy gifts that are sure to make this holiday season a holly jolly one at worst. Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024 Beyond simply providing fodder for ogling eyes, the house also offers its own excitement for experts in the form of its architectural plan. Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023 The other two ogle a 2-inch Peter Venkman. Amy Paturel, M.s., Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for ogle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
  • So is seemingly everyone else — except Edward, left to stare into the middle distance and wonder what the hell is going on.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Jair Horton stared blankly into the void in front of him.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His eyebrows were drawn together, his gaze was sharp, even his gentle-looking lips were closed tight.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • No matter the politics of the day, Jefferson tethered his gaze to earth, soil and sky.
    Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Matlock star eyed the camera while jokingly ripping up a piece of paper.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Now watchdogs are eyeing more than just profit reporting.
    Noah Barsky, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Verb
  • Taken together with the bones, however—and with some help from modern technology—these earthen imprints give a holistic picture of the prehistoric creatures that sashayed along in their heyday, oblivious to the puny mammals of the future who would gawk at their footprints millions of years later.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, audiences are left to gawk at the wreckage.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Jayne and their team also realized additional implications after studying and extrapolating the scalability ratio between their mouth gapes and cranial structures.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
  • That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The spacious accommodations have floor-to-ceiling windows that frame endless ocean views, while overwater villas feature glass floor panels in the living area that provide peeks at marine life swimming below.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Sánchez shared a peek at her celebrations with an Instagram post on Friday, Dec. 20 that featured snaps alongside her friends.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The panel is an ultra-low glare design, too, thanks to premium low-reflection technology, and supports wider viewing angles than regular LCD models.
    John Archer, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This image's fiery glare, eyes swirled in their galactic arms, is a combination of mixed-spectrum captures using the James Webb Space Telescope for mid-infrared light, and the Hubble Space Telescope for visible and ultraviolet light.
    Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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