stare
verb (used without object)
to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
have been staring
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present perfect progressiveof stare.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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That gets a few laughs from the jury, who have been staring at a series of emails with account numbers and bank jargon.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2024
He may not have been staring down a “D” from the Power Five conferences, but he was as accurate as he was agile.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Were it not for a furious third-quarter run in Game 2, Golden State would have been staring down the bristly end of the broom and a humiliating series sweep.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2019
Language is a mirror, Metcalf thought, so why not make something of a moment when all those people, who have been staring in the mirror all year, are in the same room?
From Time ● Nov. 17, 2014
I must have been staring at her, what had been her, for a minute before I realized the drizzle had turned to rain.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
