(Used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
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Examples for "staring "
Examples for "staring "
1 The young captain looked stunned for a moment, staring right past Hoffman.
2 Not a creature abroad; the tall gaunt houses staring in the moonlight.
3 For a long moment she didn't answer, staring at the wall art.
4 Jane was staring at her, waiting for an answer to her question.
5 No; Jacqueline was staring at Pettifer's corpse, asking the question of him.
1 Meanwhile Morris had returned to the dining-room to find Jessica standing agaze there.
2 Mr. Canning stood agaze ; it was to be seen that he was taken considerably by surprise.
3 Smith heeded her voice, and for another unnoted interval they stood agaze upon their little eminence.
4 That were indeed distinction enough for one man, well calculated to cause the world to stand agaze !
5 As the harbour was entered all eyes were agaze at this first contact with the civilisation of the Old World.
6 Why should the world stand agaze for nineteen centuries at one miracle, when sixty, full as great, as incomprehensible, are happening every minute?
7 She lay back among her pillows, trembling in the dark, afraid of she knew not what, her wide eyes agaze at the ceiling's shadows.
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