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as in to stare
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class

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noun

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Recent Examples of ogle
Verb
The best scenic ogling opportunities happen in the first 2.5 miles from the north terminus along Forest Road 618 near the community of Lake Montezuma. Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025 This bruising love affair takes place in 1989 when super-ripped biceps were ogled with freakish fascination — including by Glass’ camera, which gawks as Lou pokes and licks Jackie in slow-motion. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023 The other two ogle a 2-inch Peter Venkman. Amy Paturel, M.s., Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2020 See All Example Sentences for ogle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
  • But halfway into the season, Moiraine has mostly done a lot of staring and a little bit of really amateurish manipulation that backfires spectacularly.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Zegler also shared a final retro-style clip of herself while looking off to the side and staring at the camera, laughing.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Viewers on TikTok were able to see the young golden retriever walking slowly away from the group, only to pause and look back, his gaze lingering on his former companions.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Dressing for the female gaze is about reclaiming how women approach style.
    Karin Eldor, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Developers hope to include a restaurant in the new commercial space and are eyeing the House of Hits building, which collapsed in 2021, for a music entertainment venue.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Nations across the globe are eyeing the success of their neighbors in medical tourism and want in.
    Keydra Manns, Essence, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the spa, Victoria pops a pill to relax before her massage, while another old bald guy leers at Piper during a yoga class.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Women bearing sparklers and bottles of champagne descended, as clubbers gawked from the perimeter.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Ropes were fixed and the jolly-boat was hauled up to the main deck, where a scattering of sailors waited, gawking curiously.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere, shadow gapes invite light to flow through the property (another reference to the island’s volcanic origins).
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Jayne and their team also realized additional implications after studying and extrapolating the scalability ratio between their mouth gapes and cranial structures.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The footage showed quick peeks at Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet helping out in the kitchen.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The Office star Kate Flannery brought St. Patrick's Day cheer to The Jennifer Hudson Show… along with a little peek inside her love life.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Jacob-Jenkins has penned Naz as an asexual introvert, the kind of young man who finds solace in nature and lakes and everything that takes him far away from either his father’s infidelity or the glare of political attention.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Overhangs and sun-shading louvers outside of the kitchen and family room control glare without blocking the views to Lake Michigan below.
    Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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