stare out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Give me a chair that is designed for three hours of focused work instead of 30 minutes of sipping tea while I stare out the window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Sitting in my modular room at Reset, comfy in my little pod, I felt I could stare out at it all day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
He used to stare out of the window, he was quite distant and almost in a different world.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
In one of a series of news photographs of the boy, Yazan Kafarneh, taken with his family’s permission as he struggled for his life, his long-lashed eyes stare out, unfocused.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
I stare out the window at the lake, the waterfalls, and the mountain peaks, until once again I’m looking at the abalone-shell sky out the cockpit window.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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