stargazing

present participle of stargaze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stargazing
Verb
  • Donnie Wahlberg reprises the role of Danny Reagan in Blue Bloods offshoot Boston Blue and the star is dreaming of a crossover movie.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Lopez, 56, stars in Kiss of the Spider Woman as movie-within-a-movie star Ingrid Luna opposite Tonatiuh and Diego Luna as Argentine political prisoners dreaming of her singing and dancing in Technicolor.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Graham Johnson, a computational biologist and scientific illustrator at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, recalls fantasizing at a lunch table, more than 15 years ago, about a computer model of a cell so detailed, so complete, that scientists could watch such processes happening.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Luis hangs a poster of his favorite movie star, Ingrid, and spends his time fantasizing about Ingrid as Aurora.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • McNeill said he’s been sitting at home in recent weeks, visualizing himself making plays for this defense.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Next, leading multimodal AI teams invest in data-centric infrastructure that promotes collaboration and encourages visualizing model performance, not just measuring it.
    Brian Moore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.
    Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Looking ahead — as in envisioning your presence at upcoming business events — can expose you to opportunities that broaden your perspective.
    Sarah Maokosy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then check out our roundups of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography, along with our guide to imaging fast moving meteors and fireballs.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • By deeply imaging a large volume of space, COSMOS-Web provides JWST’s widest cosmic views.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
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 21 Oct. 2025.

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