agaze
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of agaze
Example Sentences
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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
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 Gozzi, Count Carlo
"Who else is comin' here to see you?" she inquired, as they left Little Hawss wistfully agaze at them across the old log fence.
From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward
That were indeed distinction enough for one man, well calculated to cause the world to stand agaze!
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
"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)
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