stared

[staird] / stɛərd /

VERB

gape, watch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beam gawk glare look peer

STRONG

bore eye eyeball fix focus gaze goggle ogle rivet rubberneck

WEAK

eagle eye glim lay eyes on look fixedly take in

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore look away neglect

Example Sentences

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Judge Andrew Menary KC said the former Royal Marine, who stared straight ahead with no expression as he was sentenced, had generated "fear and panic" and his "disregard for human life defied ordinary understanding".

From BBC

Newton stared at Collins incredulously before shouting his response.

From Los Angeles Times

He sat and stared at his screen, positioned away from the audience, as inscrutable as someone at a cafe working on a laptop.

From Los Angeles Times

Then she wrote a bit more on her pad while I stared out the window.

From Literature

He later stared as trade minister Nobusuke Tagomi in Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle,” a performance that earned him some of the strongest critical notice of his career.

From Los Angeles Times