stare out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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After reading the memo for a third time, I drop my phone on my desk and stare out the window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"If we couldn't figure out something, we'd stare out the window until it came to us, and I think we're nostalgic for a time like that."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Surfers stare out toward the pale, sparkling horizon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
As the men waited for everyone to arrive, the visitors from time to time would drift to the library’s east-facing windows and stare out at the vastness of Lake Michigan.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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