gaze
to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
a steady or intent look.
at gaze, Heraldry. (of a deer or deerlike animal) represented as seen from the side with the head looking toward the spectator: a stag at gaze.
Origin of gaze
1synonym study For gaze
Other words from gaze
- gazeless, adjective
- gazer, noun
- gaz·ing·ly, adverb
- outgaze, verb (used with object), out·gazed, out·gaz·ing.
- un·gaz·ing, adjective
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How to use gaze in a sentence
In early 2020, Alexis Triplett watched the news coming out of China, her gaze set on a TV inside her cell in La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, Colorado.
On surviving—and leaving—prison during a pandemic | Sarah Scoles | January 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThat her reference about history fixing its gaze on us came directly from the musical “Hamilton” communicated a hope that we’ve embarked collectively on an invigorating new production.
America yearns for an era of good feeling. The inaugural ceremony launched one. | Peter Marks | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostIn a single gaze, we can see the entirety of a skyscraper or the layout of a battlefield.
It’s ignoring the blue sky and the trees to focus your gaze on the dirt.
To the extent McEnany and McDaniel are looking for the culprits, they might want to expand their gaze to the places that most changed how they voted.
But whereas we used to be satisfied gazing on that perfection as it stood up on a pedestal, now we want it down among us.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year | Kevin Fallon | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch large sheets are common in Kobani, meant to protect fighters and civilians from the ever gazing eyes of ISIS snipers.
Johnson kept doing all he could, gazing down at those eyes that gazed right back at him with a seemingly stunned look.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Me neither,” Lohse says, gazing pityingly at his own navel.
Or gazing towards the Bible stories, saints and martyrs depicted in the arched stained glass windows.
Inside New York’s Scandal-Hit Seminary and Other ‘Open House’ Treats | Lizzie Crocker | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Alcalde was kneeling by his side, gazing sadly and earnestly into the face of the dying man.
He was holding his big head high in the air, like a giraffe, and gazing proudly about him as he ran.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylBernard folded his hands together—almost devoutly—and stood gazing at her with a long, inarticulate murmur of satisfaction.
Confidence | Henry JamesYet when I stop gazing the next impulse is to move on; for if I have time to rest anywhere, why not at home?
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley"I believe that is what they call it," Gordon answered, gazing back at her with his densely clouded blue eyes.
Confidence | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for gaze
/ (ɡeɪz) /
(intr) to look long and fixedly, esp in wonder or admiration
a fixed look; stare
Origin of gaze
1Derived forms of gaze
- gazer, noun
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