gaze
verb (used without object)
to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
has gazed
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present perfectof gaze (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has gazed at the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
NASA’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
Few were as prominent as the towering bronze likeness of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander, which has gazed down since 1890 from a traffic circle on Richmond’s Monument Avenue.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2021
Instead, Oregon has gazed to the Midwest and South — hoping to model the success of Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2020
And what was Ralph Sadler but the clerk of Cromwell? and he has gazed eighteen fair lordships—VIA!
From Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott
