gazing

VERB

stare at

Synonyms

STRONG

admire beam bore contemplate eye eyeball gape gawk glare gloat inspect lamp look moon observe ogle peek peep peer pin pipe regard rubber rubberneck scrutinize see survey view watch wonder

WEAK

get a load of get an eyeful look fixedly size up take in

Antonyms

STRONG

abhor despise disbelieve dislike disregard forget hate ignore look away miss neglect overlook scorn

Example Sentences

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In January, the White House’s official social-media accounts posted a photo of Trump gazing at a map of Greenland, captioned “Monitoring the situation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Elsewhere, “Navalny” filmmaker Daniel Roher also tries to look at the bright side in his latest, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” but only after gazing into the abyss.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Hours later, as night turned to day, players were filmed in a takeaway, with Ollie Pope gazing at his kebab like he had never seen anything so beautiful.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

You have Veloso’s immersive, painterly work in a 3:2 aspect ratio that gives you the feeling that you’re gazing through a window into the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

“I cannot look at your face and not see Cornelius Warne gazing back at me, Nell,” she began, squeezing her eyes shut.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan