Example Sentences

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It was how the guys at the first address had stared when she burst into tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

Conway had been seated right in front of me, so I think I saw what he was referring to: At one point, as Trump was exiting court, Trump and Conway had stared each other down.

From Slate • May 1, 2024

Sullivan, who had marched in Selma before armed troopers and had stared into an exploding atomic bomb, was now consumed by a fear experienced by countless, anonymous New Yorkers.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2023

He had stared, squinting, into the distance, scanning for some threat on the horizon.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Skirting a small lake, they had stared to see a great gray fisher bird that stabbed and paddled in the sedge, until a flight of wild duck had frightened them away with their clamor.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams