staring

Example Sentences

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It’s 7 p.m. on a random weeknight, and you’re scratching your head while staring into the fridge, wondering what to eat for dinner.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

It’s a surrealist painting in motion, the equivalent of staring at Salvador Dali’s wasteland of melting clocks until it makes gut-sense.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Bond investors and stock investors are staring at the same animal from opposite ends.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

By this time NeXT had burned through most of its funding and was staring at insolvency, so Jobs flew to Tokyo and asked for more money.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

I looked up from the books which I had more or less been staring at.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott