Example Sentences

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Cage recalls watching an episode where Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, stares at a suitcase for “an incredible amount of time.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The word Pobeda stares down from giant red banners.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

He has also been met with blank stares and awkward silences, and once got turned down by a high-school band.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Owen stares intensely at me, like he’s waiting for me to commit.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz