stared

[staird] / stɛərd /

VERB

gape, watch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beam gawk glare look peer

STRONG

bore eye eyeball fix focus gaze goggle ogle rivet rubberneck

WEAK

eagle eye glim lay eyes on look fixedly take in

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore look away neglect

Example Sentences

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"I just lay there, and I stared out the window."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Others stared ahead with their hands firmly on their hips.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Hayes, sitting at the end of the bench with his arms folded across his chest, stared blankly ahead and shook his head slowly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

I stared at the fat cyprus tree towering directly in front of me during the memorial to Hersh, and kept asking that question in a loop in my head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Then they sat and stared at the flames, the whole ring of them.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen