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
“At first it kind of weirded me out. People would look, then look away and stare out of the corner of their eye. Now I’m used to it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 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
They brave the biting January winds and struggle to brace themselves against the gales as they stare out to sea over the rising white horses.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024
Lab chimps stare out from behind the bars of a cage.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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