stargazing

Definition of stargazingnext
present participle of stargaze

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Thanks to the leaders at the Tribeca Film Festival for dreaming it up.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 June 2026
  • Corgan was still dreaming of monster riffs in the vein of Jimmy Page balanced out with the goth sensibilities of bands like the Cure.
    David Harris, SPIN, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Waddingham is less enthused about the idea of Ted (played by Sudeikis) and Rebecca hooking up, despite some of the fan base fantasizing about the prospect.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 30 May 2026
  • That’s not the same as fantasizing about Chinese lifestyles from afar.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Their dive into the intersection of science and storytelling ranged from imagining alien worlds to visualizing the future of humanity.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
  • Parsons was already deeply enmeshed in imagining, and visualizing, strange new worlds online.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • In fact, Hilton is envisioning vetoes putting lawmakers on record; the last time a session in Sacramento overrode a veto was in 1979.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 30 May 2026
  • Most entrepreneurs don’t launch a business envisioning how to step away from it.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • If photography is your thing, then check out our guide to imaging the moon with a camera, along with our picks of the top lenses for astrophotography.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • For the first time in that field, imaging AI became available.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Stargazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargazing. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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