gaze

Long before the 1956 release of “And God Created Woman,” when Brigitte Bardot drew the elite’s gaze to this corner of the French Riviera, St. Tropez was a port run on shipbuilding and maritime trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The behaviour of our chaotic atmosphere generally becomes harder to predict the further into the future you gaze.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Late Friday, the president visited the Mount Rushmore national monument for an address under the gaze of the giant granite heads of four of his legendary predecessors.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

By 2021, they reached South Tufa, where tourists congregate to gaze at the rock formations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

I lift my chin to meet his gaze, his face inches from mine.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

On a boat off the coast of California, Sara Lesser gazes wistfully at dozens of dolphins playing in the vessel's wake.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

He gazes in awe at photos of his father.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Ben Martill often gazes out of his window to watch the deer roaming below.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

Hours before the May 1960 opening of Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, Otto Frank gazes at the empty annex where his family and four other Jews hid from the Nazis for more than two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2025

We walk with our hands in our pockets, our gazes fixed on the uneven ground before us.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Kaur appeared visibly upset in the dock as the verdict was read out, while Digwa showed little emotion and gazed out into the courtroom.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Sabrina Carpenter asked as she gazed out at the tens of thousands of fans she’d gathered into a makeshift city Friday night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Thirty-five-year-old Javier Silva gazed longingly at a Yamaha parked on the street.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

“I thought those hieroglyphics were some kind of secret wise sayings,” I said as I gazed at the faded symbols on the obelisk.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Isn’t that what any of us wants when gazing into the mirror held up to nature, as Hamlet describes the theater?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Yanzon, gazing into the water that has traveled a long way to reach his vineyard, says he doesn't oppose mining.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

I’m not sure gazing at bugs will help, but there could be some value in returning to the roots of the issue.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Observe: There are no plants building cathedrals, squirrels gazing at the stars or two AI models on a date night looking into each other’s eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Marco looked at Zheng and Shifa standing by their cart and gazing solemnly at him.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook