look fixedly

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The subject is asked to look fixedly at the operator's right eye, and the operator stares fixedly at the subject's left eye, at the same time grasping his hands firmly.

From Time Magazine Archive

What La Rochefoucauld said in 1665 is still generally true: "One cannot look fixedly at either the sun or death."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mother!" cried the girl, drawing out her needle to the full length of her thread before she let her hand drop nervelessly at her side, and she fell back to look fixedly at Mrs. Saunders.

From The Coast of Bohemia by Howells, William Dean

For example, let one look fixedly at a brilliant red object for a while, and then close his eyes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various

And continuing to look fixedly at him as he advanced upon her, beginning to speak, she was shot through with a bitter thought: "He's found I'm not so badly damaged after all."

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor