staring

Example Sentences

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The team there, staring intently at their screens as data poured in, were monitoring all of the spacecraft's systems, from navigation to life support.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"The thing that keeps me up at night is that we're staring down the barrel of a massive influx of new vulnerabilities that are going to be found by AI," said Adam Meyers of CrowdStrike.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

He met my eyes right as I started to blush, and I looked away fast, embarrassed at having been caught staring.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Longtime Hartford residents are staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the sudden housing boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He had taken the hat, quickly dug a hole, buried the hat and smoothed the snow over it, then gone back to sitting, staring ahead, looking completely innocent.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen