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

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 Marshall, Edward

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)

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

"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)

Every one, English and Irish alike, stood agaze to "see how the game would be played."

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)