agaze
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of agaze
Example Sentences
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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
Without another word he left the room—left it with an old man's dimmed and misty eyes agaze upon him, full of love and admiration.
From The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day by Hare, J. Knowles
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
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
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)
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