gaze
Example Sentences
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He sat directly across from me, fixed me with a professional gaze, and said, “I’ve got the results of your MRI. There’s a lesion on your hip.”
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
At Amarapura's Nagayon Pagoda, a Buddha statue reduced to just two legs and hands on a pedestal has been fully restored, looking out with a serene gaze.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
“The market’s gaze shifted from white-collar labor displacement and SaaS-mageddon to war,” says Nick Puncer, a managing director at investment firm Bahl & Gaynor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Not only has Gyllenhaal taken the reins from cinema’s patriarchal collective, but she’s implemented a distinctly feminine gaze, as complex and fascinating as the social implications tucked away between the lines of Shelley’s original text.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The tortoise’s sleepy gaze was fixed ahead, and while there was no change in his dull expression, Clare did not think he imagined that the shell-dweller grew irritated.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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