Example Sentences

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He is gazing neither directly at us nor at the object he is holding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"Unfortunately there is no diamond here," he says, head bowed, gazing into the blue-grey mud of the pit.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

He stayed in a West Cliff guest house, gazing, as everyone must do, across the harbor where the remains of the 13th century Whitby Abbey dominate the East Cliff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Elsewhere, “Navalny” filmmaker Daniel Roher also tries to look at the bright side in his latest, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” but only after gazing into the abyss.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was dreaming, and when he looked down, he was over a big old desert somewhere and whoosh—he was gazing down at blue waters again.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney