stared; staring
1
: to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes
2
: to show oneself conspicuously
the error stared from the page
3
starer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of stare in a Sentence
Verb
She stared out the window.
His mother told him not to stare.
Noun
They looked at me with accusing stares.
caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film
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Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
By then, after so many years staring at a sideways world, everything had started to appear off-kilter.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
The stares, people pulling and touching you, photographing you.
—Reed Putman, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The traditional media business has been staring at these multiple roads for years now, and none of them are anywhere near as bucolic as Frost’s woods.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
By then, after so many years staring at a sideways world, everything had started to appear off-kilter.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
On the other hand, a dog's stare can sometimes signal discomfort or stress.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
The stares, people pulling and touching you, photographing you.
—Reed Putman, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stare. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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stare
1 of 2 verb
ˈsta(ə)r 
ˈste(ə)r
stared; staring
: to look hard and long often with wide-open eyes
stare at a stranger
starer
noun
stare
2 of 2 noun
: the act or an instance of staring
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