stare
Example Sentences
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She needed a break from staring at the computer screen longing for a lost Post-it.
From Literature
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She stared at the map on the wall and the map on the screen and the map on the wall again.
From Literature
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“I just stared up at that ‘Greenville Public Library’ and tears came to my eyes,” Jackson told a biographer, Marshall Frady.
From Los Angeles Times
He pointed out how vulnerable many pedestrians are as they walk around the West End, staring down at the phones in their hands, some with headphones on.
From BBC
And I have two dogs, so they’re always staring at me as I’m drinking my water and eating my protein.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.