stargazed

past tense of stargaze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stargazed
Verb
  • Four save slots per game and a rewind function introduce a few conveniences that players in 1983 could only have dreamed about.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • That top-line starting pitcher everyone fantasized over all offseason?
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Some social media users have wondered whether the castle has a Medieval-style dungeon, while others have fantasized about adding a moat.
    — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Last night was the second Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as envisioned by CEO Hillary Super and her chief creative officer Adam Selman.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Preparations are also advancing for expansion into a third regional department, where several hundred personnel are envisioned to operate.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Guadagnino comes at Bertolucci from many angles, even claiming to have fancied him as a younger man, but facts and figures don’t really seem to enter into his concept of biography.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The sense that a resume goes straight into a black box isn’t imagined – applications per job have more than doubled since 2022, and the average company now has 56% fewer recruiters to review them.
    — Owen Humphries, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Diego ended up being far more involved in the delivery than either of them ever imagined.
    — Robbie Owens, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Forum, the first of its 35th season, was moderated by journalist Michele Norris, and featured hundreds of high school and college students from across the state.
    — Nick Caito Photo, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One of the first precedents came in 2024, when Air Canada was ordered to honor a bereavement discount hallucinated by their chatbot.
    — Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Some hallucinated before fading away from exhaustion, Montoya told agents.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
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“Stargazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargazed. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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