stare
verb (used without object)
to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
starer
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a word derived from
stare.
Example Sentences
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One bartender, who asked not to be named, told the programme that Mr Watt was "a starer".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
And Bobby Adams just sits and stares at me with his mouth slightly open—but Bobby’s kind of a mouth-open starer on a good day, so I let it go.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
One male starer paid for his inquisitiveness, by tumbling over a stall of knick-knacks, and precipitating himself and all the contents to the ground.
From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent
We were, for near an hour, quite easy, chatty, and comfortable; no pointed speech was made, and no starer entered.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
In envy perhaps of the sturdy and glowing health of the starer, the lanky youth scowled back, and lowering his jaw pulled a grimace with an ease and repulsiveness that argued some practice.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
