agaze
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of agaze
Example Sentences
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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 Zoe Anderson Norris
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 Sir Edward Howard Marsh
After standing half a quarter of an hour agaze with my mouth open to contemplate this prodigy, I shook myself together, took heart of courage, crossed the bridge, and knocked loudly at my door.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Count Carlo Gozzi
Smith heeded her voice, and for another unnoted interval they stood agaze upon their little eminence.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
Even the rough laborers stopped delving at their tasks for a few minutes, to straighten from their work and stand, with curious eyes agaze down-track.
From In Old Kentucky by Edward Marshall
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