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UK
/stˈeə/
]
[ US /ˈstɛɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɛɹ/ ]
VERB
-
look at with fixed eyes
The students stared at the teacher with amazement -
fixate one's eyes
The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly
NOUN
- a fixed look with eyes open wide
How To Use stare In A Sentence
- During our exchanges there were plenty of glares and stares, and maybe even a couple of opinions shared.
- Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
- Then, as they approached the docks, the diggers stared in awe at the remains of the once-mighty Imperial Japanese Navy.
- His dark eyes stared back, full of rawness, honesty and uncompromising sincerity.
- GENERAL LEVALLE, Argentina—Pilots often stare in disbelief when they make their first flight over this hamlet on the verdant pampa. Maybe Graciela Sees It From Heaven, This Huge Guitar Made of Trees
- The ending really is one where you stare at the TV for about 5 minutes after its over and mutter gibberish.
- So I stare down at the pool table and pretend to study my opponent's next move.
- By now it had reached the sea, where it paused for a moment to fix us with a baleful stare. Times, Sunday Times
- He stared off toward a cluster of people near the fireplace and I followed his gaze.
- He stared out at the assembled media and uttered the immortal phrase: 'We have lost a game we should have won. The Sun