agaze
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of agaze
Example Sentences
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Smith heeded her voice, and for another unnoted interval they stood agaze upon their little eminence.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
His visitors sat up agaze, with "Vienny" sausages poised between tin-can and lip, dripping grease on their khaki-clad knees.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
She lay back among her pillows, trembling in the dark, afraid of she knew not what, her wide eyes agaze at the ceiling's shadows.
From The Way of the Wind by Norris, Zoe Anderson
Why should the world stand agaze for nineteen centuries at one miracle, when sixty, full as great, as incomprehensible, are happening every minute?
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
Then the talk stopped dead as Istra Nash stood agaze in the doorway—pale and intolerant, her red hair twisted high on her head, tall and slim and uncorseted in a gray tight-fitting gown.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair
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