agaze

American  

[uh-geyz] / əˈgeɪz /

adjective

1. staring intently; gazing.

   The children were agaze at the Christmas tree.

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Etymology

Origin of agaze

1400–50; late Middle English. See a- ¹, gaze

Example Sentences

"The jungles blare, the glebe-lands low and bleat for Thee; the generations rage and go, agaze for Thee; creation travaileth in woe, with groans for Thee, agaze for Thee."

From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

Mr. Canning stood agaze; it was to be seen that he was taken considerably by surprise.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

Strangers without the gate, we stood agaze, Fearful to break that quiet, and to creep Into the home that had been ours to keep Through a long year of happy nights and days.

From Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

Stupidly agaze At that crumpled heap of silk and moonlight, Where like twitching pinions, an arm twisted, Palely, and was still As the face of chalk.

From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Benét, Stephen Vincent

To see them forever forward and agaze at the lit shores of Spain and the Islands of Desire, roused in him the faint savour of expectation.

From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon