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were gazing
  • past progressive of gaze.

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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

That night in Cleveland, though, Pike realized people were gazing with something new in their eyes.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021

When the Apollo 8 mission splashed down on 27 December Anders thought it would not be long before tourists were gazing back on Earth from space hotels.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2018

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

She imagined that they were gazing at her.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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