gaze
verb (used without object)
to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
were gazing
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past progressiveof gaze.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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If you were gazing at a painting of cherry blossoms in the museum, if I could waft the smell of those blossoms to you, that would be a great use of AR.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
Peering through the window at the remarkable hats displayed inside, and the elderly woman seated behind the counter, he’d feel as if he were gazing into an old Polaroid picture.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2019
As the Greenlandic ice we were gazing at continues to melt, the water will drown Jetnil-Kijiner’s homeland.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2018
One went: Beyond the boundaries of the universe you were gazing pensively.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2013
The only oasis of silence was next to me where the small young man and the old woman were gazing at each other.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
