fixedly

Example Sentences

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After all, blinking fixedly wouldn't look very natural either.

From BBC • May 4, 2023

According to an explanation called opponent process theory, as you gazed fixedly at the green, black, and yellow flag, your retinal ganglion cells that respond positively to green, black, and yellow increased their firing dramatically.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

It shows a gaunt Corbyn, staring fixedly ahead, alongside a chunky, Falstaffian Johnson, a mischievous smile on his lips.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2019

There, a cat plants herself atop an overturned basket under which Peter and Benjamin have hidden, and watches the basket’s narrow opening, fixedly.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 1, 2016

The ice-cream-eating man sat beside her on the train and, to discourage conversation, she stared fixedly at a brown stain near her feet, a spilled frozen Frappuccino, until they arrived at Trenton.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie