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
Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
But less than three minutes into the conversation, Earl leaps off Maslany’s lap, freezes in place and stares ahead.
—Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Use climbing plants as a privacy screen If your balcony stares directly at a neighbor’s window or a busy street, climbing plants are the gentlest fix.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Michael stares at his image without showing much interest.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
An antelope on a ridge teasingly stares before bounding off up the rocky hill.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
The foursome stares at each other for a moment, then Ashley and Austin literally run away.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Washington stares blankly at the ceiling, over and over.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Mirkovic stares back intently, a serious look on his face.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026
Passengers react to unexpected seatmate Passengers and flight attendants reacted with surprise as Stewie made its way to a window seat, drawing stares, photos, and plenty of questions.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 14 May 2026
In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis co-directed the song’s cheeky video, which is set in a grocery store and is ripe with fruit-touching and wistful stares.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Her performance is a showpiece of stiffness and resentment, all mannered pouting and stern forehead-forward stares, that’s two steps away from parody — until her earrings in the sixth episode bring it over the line.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
The stares were blank and the handshakes perfunctory, because the Canadians know the value of silver as pertains to this tournament.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Awkward giggles and ruthless stares punctuate silence until the blind matriarch (played by Tracy Letts) asks his daughter to describe Martha’s (Elle Fanning) appearance to him in exhaustive detail.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2026
Indeed, compared with the realistically creased faces and hangdog stares of the Cubs, the Boston fans behind them are closer to grotesques, an inhuman crush of caricatures.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
There are countless points during Body of Work, the new hour-long behemoth from Edward Skeletrix, where the multi-hyphenate artist stares dead into the proverbial camera.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
But less than three minutes into the conversation, Earl leaps off Maslany’s lap, freezes in place and stares ahead.
—Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Use climbing plants as a privacy screen If your balcony stares directly at a neighbor’s window or a busy street, climbing plants are the gentlest fix.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Michael stares at his image without showing much interest.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
An antelope on a ridge teasingly stares before bounding off up the rocky hill.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
The foursome stares at each other for a moment, then Ashley and Austin literally run away.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Washington stares blankly at the ceiling, over and over.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Mirkovic stares back intently, a serious look on his face.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
Surrounded by, among others, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and several family members, Trump stares bluntly as Swanson and Landwehr go at it.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026
Passengers react to unexpected seatmate Passengers and flight attendants reacted with surprise as Stewie made its way to a window seat, drawing stares, photos, and plenty of questions.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 14 May 2026
In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis co-directed the song’s cheeky video, which is set in a grocery store and is ripe with fruit-touching and wistful stares.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Her performance is a showpiece of stiffness and resentment, all mannered pouting and stern forehead-forward stares, that’s two steps away from parody — until her earrings in the sixth episode bring it over the line.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
The stares were blank and the handshakes perfunctory, because the Canadians know the value of silver as pertains to this tournament.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Awkward giggles and ruthless stares punctuate silence until the blind matriarch (played by Tracy Letts) asks his daughter to describe Martha’s (Elle Fanning) appearance to him in exhaustive detail.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2026
Indeed, compared with the realistically creased faces and hangdog stares of the Cubs, the Boston fans behind them are closer to grotesques, an inhuman crush of caricatures.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stares
Verb
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One character gazes out and tries to make a decision.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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And Sylvie, who still gazes with utmost tenderness at a black-and-white photograph, taken during her time abroad, of a nameless wailing Russian child, has permanently abandoned her own daughter by refusing to visit her.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Beef cheeks and tongues, Frenched racks of lamb, glistening hams, poulet de Bresse, and rabbits still with their heads, round eyes blinkless under long lashes frozen in the ice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Los Angeles voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to elect their next mayor, a race that has put all eyes on the nation’s second-largest city.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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“Stares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stares. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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