stargazed

Definition of stargazednext
past tense of stargaze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stargazed
Verb
  • This is the soup my (not handy in the kitchen) grandmother dreamed of from her childhood but never could recreate.
    Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Natives, immigrants, and people freed from slavery forged this country out of ideals women and men had only previously dreamt of.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • From his dorm in tiny Sterling, Colorado, Ondrej Vank visualized his plan of attack against the world’s greatest player.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The firm’s plan sought to build on that identity with a plan that visualized what Calle Ocho could look like — if cars did not dominate the wide, three-lane, one-way street.
    Sherrilyn Cabrera, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The new sound became a global fad, even in the locales that exotica artists fantasized about.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In this scenario, Eleven got away and traveled somewhere safe — someplace with multiple waterfalls, just like the ones Mike fantasized about for them.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • One Cold War era proposal known as Project Honey Badger envisioned inserting about 2,400 special operations troops into Iran using more than 100 aircraft.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The City Council initially envisioned a 31-acre development project on public land.
    Andrea Levine O’Rourke, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Brian would ask him as a homosexual thing—a good-looking boy who Brian fancied.
    Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
  • True, Montreal aren’t remotely fancied, but last year’s Western Conference finalists didn’t miss a beat.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The part puts Wahlberg opposite his old rival, Matt Damon, and the press revels in the opportunity for on-set gossip, real (the two actors genuinely hate each other) or imagined.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Epic has been busy but perhaps not as slammed as imagined due to its own daily capacity restrictions.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Two years later, that number has more than doubled, with more than 150 Latin music acts featured at the iconic festival, now in its 40th year.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Their artwork will also be featured at Sunset Flip, an exhibition in the Miami Design District, curated by NADA board member Adam Abdalla in partnership with Nina Johnson.
    James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The report was riddled with fake citations that appeared to be hallucinated by AI, which the White House attributed to formatting errors; HHS then corrected the report by removing the false citations and swapping in new references.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Sonatype’s research found that GPT-5 hallucinated nearly 28% of component versions and, without real-time intelligence, even recommended malware.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Stargazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargazed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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