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