look fixedly
Example Sentences
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What La Rochefoucauld said in 1665 is still generally true: "One cannot look fixedly at either the sun or death."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
But in the act he paused and straightened himself to look fixedly at me.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
He contended that to look fixedly into the eyes of anyone undergoing interrogation was calculated to confuse him and render the replies less helpful.
From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George
The Malay turned now to Archie to look fixedly at the poor fellow’s head, before touching the injured scalp with one brown finger, with the effect of eliciting a deep-drawn sigh of pain.
From Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris by Spurrier, Steven
