as in gazes
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband
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as in eyes
a fixed intent look
caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film
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Recent Examples of stares
Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
What could have been a really terrifying and unsettling scene, especially as the dead-eyed sheep stares ominously back at them, becomes just another goofy moment.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Its horn curves above its head like a long crescent moon, and below it a minute eye—no bigger than perhaps a millimetre or two—stares dead ahead.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
However, if someone stares at a screen too long and isn't regularly blinking, their eyes are not stimulating the system that makes tears.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
During their final exchange in the interrogation room, Gudsen stares at Michelle.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
And the crowd stares at the Beatles the same way.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The pair shared curious stares and wagged tails throughout the three-hour journey, delighting those seated nearby.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Nowhere on that list is getting lost, hurting myself in another country or getting racist stares.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Elementary school brought stares and whispers.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Back then, Mann attracted stares, questions, suspicion, and sometimes hostility.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the concept of moving somewhere warm is met with suspicious stares.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Appearing in all but eight of the series’ 113 episodes, Miyahara rarely spoke, his character most often providing silent, deadpan stares as punctuation to comic or outlandish scenes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
What could have been a really terrifying and unsettling scene, especially as the dead-eyed sheep stares ominously back at them, becomes just another goofy moment.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Its horn curves above its head like a long crescent moon, and below it a minute eye—no bigger than perhaps a millimetre or two—stares dead ahead.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
However, if someone stares at a screen too long and isn't regularly blinking, their eyes are not stimulating the system that makes tears.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
During their final exchange in the interrogation room, Gudsen stares at Michelle.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
And the crowd stares at the Beatles the same way.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
Resilience and Renewal Despite stares from strangers, Amber embraced her bald head.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
The pair shared curious stares and wagged tails throughout the three-hour journey, delighting those seated nearby.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Nowhere on that list is getting lost, hurting myself in another country or getting racist stares.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Elementary school brought stares and whispers.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Back then, Mann attracted stares, questions, suspicion, and sometimes hostility.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the concept of moving somewhere warm is met with suspicious stares.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Appearing in all but eight of the series’ 113 episodes, Miyahara rarely spoke, his character most often providing silent, deadpan stares as punctuation to comic or outlandish scenes.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stares
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Four of the men look at the camera, one gazes at the distant beach, another scratches his head, and the last, the uber-famous Frank Gehry, studies the sand at his feet.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Their gazes lock for what seems like an eternity until Conrad breaks the moment, asking for help to stand.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her mental health crisis, and her daughter's subsequent own struggle with anxiety opened her eyes to a bigger problem hiding in plain sight.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sulfur dioxide and resulting vog (volcanic smog) can irritate eyes and respiratory systems, particularly in people with asthma and other chronic lung conditions, according to the Hawaii State Department of Health.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Stares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stares. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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