Example Sentences

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He is in an almost constant state of insensibility, or rather of stupor; his head hanging down on his chest, and his eyes staringly fixed for hours upon the same spot.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

Their artifices are staringly naked, and have now the effect of a painted face viewed, after warm hours of dancing, in the morning light. 

From An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit by Meredith, George

Lant Hall—commonly abbreviated to Lant—the abode of the Vallances, was rather an ugly house; squat, staringly modern, and hideously embattled in sham castellated style.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

That is, he was motionless, even lifeless, and yet staringly significant, like a picture.

From The Ball and the Cross by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The roof was of copper externally, and was painted black, while the walls, in common with those of the church, were staringly white.

From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)