stared

Example Sentences

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Stared at the ceiling of the brand-new, brightly lit courtroom to steel themselves or hold back a tear.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021

In a Dec. 30 Brow Beat, Joshua Keating misstated that the book I Stared at the Night of the City is available in the U.S. only as an e-book.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2017

Stared down by the seriously terrifying and undead Night’s King.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2016

Imagine how Americans would feel if the Gorgon Stared at them.

From Time • Jan. 31, 2013

“I lay with my face pressed into the tile of the hotel bathroom. Stared at the base of the blue Italian toilet.”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart