How to Use stare in a Sentence

stare

1 of 2 verb
  • She stared out the window.
  • His mother told him not to stare.
  • Evil stared Kevin in the face, and Kevin stared right back.
    Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • At first, people stopped their cars and stared at the bears in a field next to the roadway.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Dozens of wacky faces and doodles stare back as the ride goes in circle.
    Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • People stare at him through the window, point to their friends, and walk away.
    Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The lunchtime rush at the restaurant in Green Bay had eased, and the women stared at the Facebook post on Igler’s phone.
    Sarah Varney, NBC News, 22 July 2023
  • Observers stared, laughed, yelled, and rushed to call the police, but the man ignored them.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Jellybean is the one who kind of walks creepily and sits and stares.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • When asked questions, McLemore would stare and shake his head.
    Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Looking in the mirror and turning away from the truth staring right back at you.
    Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
  • And for the team his Magic defeated, there’s one trend staring it in the face.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Fans filed by and stared at this white man talking to these two Black people.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • On the sidewalk a bearded man stood rooted, staring up at the sun.
    Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At first, Rosenfeld said, the twins stared at pictures of their parents.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • McConnell continued to stare straight ahead, and the aide asked reporters to give them a minute.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Less time having pitchers strolling around the mound, staring at the sky and looking for birds to fly by.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 23 July 2023
  • As the video continues, the woman can be seen crossing back over the fountain’s stones as the crowd stares.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Her favorite drawing shows a child curling up in the cold and staring at a hot mug.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • People once had to find a still body of water and stare into it to see themselves.
    Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
  • Faces stared back at him: this strange, frantic young man, shouting at them.
    Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The bull stops short of stomping him with its front hooves and just stares the man down before plodding away.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The screen stared playing a slideshow of Dotun and Charity growing up, which brought her to tears once more.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Unless staring while Black is now also against the rules.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There’s even a painting of Gus, staring back at us with soulful eyes.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Smith, a 52-year-old from South Africa, showed no reaction in court and stared ahead as the judge read the jury's verdict.
    CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Others stared through the glass, hollering at their friends .
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
  • Fellow honoree Gladys Knight stared up from the front row, smiling.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
  • In one upstairs bedroom, Beemon slowed and stared at the floor covering.
    Jennifer Brett, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • His head is turned to face Kate, who stares at her partner lovingly with a smile on her face.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
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stare

2 of 2 noun
  • They looked at me with accusing stares.
  • Jones was a burly 6-3 with a thick mustache and a hard stare.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
  • And the stage crew kids are predictably emo in their black clothes and sleepy-eyed stares.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
  • Chef turned around and looked at me with a stare that could melt Medusa, pointing to the back prep kitchen.
    Fatima Ali, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The tall guy next to him, all angles and silent stares, is Shane Steichen.
    The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Etch out the eyes, then stick red sewing pins through the center of each to create beady stares.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Brian Tyree Henry is the first star to brave Jolie's stare.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • His eyes are fixed in an icy stare, his lips curl toward a snarl.
    Emily Birnbaum, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Fans wear pins and T-shirts that feature his wide-eyed stare.
    Jill Cowan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • Men in muscle shirts strutted down the path with hard stares.
    Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Miss Baugh fixed me with a stare that struck terror in my heart – as well as in the hearts of my classmates.
    J. Shannon Roe, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The winner gets to pick where to bury the still-warm body while the surviving kittens stare at you.
    Charlie Dektar, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Young Simon had a vulpine stare, piercing green eyes, and abs for days.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
  • So Rubin clapped her hands, assumed a death stare and went to work.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2021
  • These young ladies do not seem to mind the stares from others and more so when the office gets a little chilly.
    Roxane Gay, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Bass is the type of leader who gets things done with a smile rather than a sneer or a threatening stare.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • With something of a thousand-yard-stare and vacant look in her eyes.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Two piercing green eyes and a penetrating stare stopped the world in its tracks in 1985.
    Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Lesnar had an abrupt stare-down with Reigns, setting up a likely feud between the two.
    Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The potential winning run, in the name of Aaron Judge, stood coiled at the plate with two outs in the ninth inning, a death stare on his face.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
  • One challenge in the stare-down with the U.S. stems from the system that would replace the digital taxes.
    Richard Rubin, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Hamilton, by far the sport’s biggest star, sprints to his garage, an intense stare fixed on his face.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • In the first photo, Cohen is holding Wacha's neck while the two stare at each other.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • This question tends to lead to a far-off stare and a long moment of reflection.
    Lee Gimpel, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Jonathan Banks can do so much with a dour stare, and he's never been better than his last look down at the two dead men.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 July 2022
  • Around one corner, a wood pigeon landed, gave us a hard stare, and flew away.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Yoo, however, overlooks some of the details of these past stare-offs.
    Daniel Depetris, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Tino insists, and dad fixes him with a very pointed stare.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Beth’s death stare at Jamie while the confetti is falling…how did that not bore a hole straight through his head?
    William Earl, Variety, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The doctor, a hunching man with a scraping stare, sits at a small desk, his elbows and thick hands over a black book.
    Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023

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