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
Surfers stare out toward the pale, sparkling horizon.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 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 my window again for a minute.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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