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Synonyms for gaze
Synonyms: Verb
blink, gape, gawk, gawp [chiefly British], goggle, peer, rubberneck, stare
Synonyms: Noun
aspect [archaic], eye, gape, regard, scrutiny, stare
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Examples of gaze in a Sentence
Verb
He gazed out the window at the snow. She gazed intently into his eyes.Noun
She looked at him with a calm, steady gaze. suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable
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Eyes that were gazing dreamily over the rolling English countryside are now focused on the scrap between the mount of popular jockey Frankie Dettori and Japanese outsider Deirdre. — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Goodwood brings glorious end to English social season," 8 Aug. 2019 That means distant galaxies should be flying away from the Milky Way 67 kilometers per second faster for every additional megaparsec astronomers gaze out into space. — Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS, "Debate intensifies over speed of expanding universe," 19 July 2019 People have been gazing skyward at night for all of human history, studying the stars and wondering what could lie beyond them. — CBS News, "Building Giant Magellan, the world's largest telescope," 18 July 2019 But for now, bask in the glory of the commercials; enjoy the idea of a transparent iPhone; and gaze upon your current iPhone with disdain. — Ashley Carman, The Verge, "This video reimagines the iPhone as a retro Macintosh," 14 July 2019 Geometric gazing ball holder: Gazing balls don’t have to just sit on a stand. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Colorful, whimsical or classic, yard art can enhance your garden’s overall appeal," 3 July 2019 For Vincent Lindon, cast and bearded as the great man in this inert biopic from Jacques Doillon, that task entails gazing intently at statues, busts and naked models, looking gruff and serious, while the camera avoids close-ups of the detailing. — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, "Review: ‘Rodin,’ a Biopic Heavy as Stone," 31 May 2018 Photos showed the helpless raccoon gazing up from the grate, its little paws gripping the metal covering for support. — al, "Raccoon freed from sewer grate after ‘quite the operation’," 2 Aug. 2019 After a long day's work in a fabric factory, Junji Chen treasures time spent gazing into the eyes of his personal favorite, a live streamer known as Yutong. — Jerome Gence, National Geographic, "Asia’s live-streaming industry promises intimacy. So why are users so lonely?," 31 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
From their families, from their troubled pasts, from the compromising gaze of a cottage industry that follows Kennedys around relentlessly, like a rabid, hungry wolf. — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, "Courtney Kennedy and Paul Hill’s enduring agony," 3 Aug. 2019 In other words, Lean Cuisines would still be lean, because they are mandated by decades of tradition and by the gaze of the government (which has pierced the company before), but women should not feel that this is on purpose, or the point. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "Lean Cuisine doesn’t want to be part of diet culture anymore. Does it have a choice?," 24 July 2019 Using these tapes, the special shows how Kennedy managed to organize an intimate, secret wedding outside the gaze of the media constantly on alert for details about his private life. — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "When JFK Jr. and Carolyn got married: Never before seen tapes on TV for first time," 14 July 2019 He is now set to report to training with his new teammates next week under the watchful gaze of Zidane and his backroom staff. — SI.com, "Luka Jovic to Cut Holiday Short and Report for Pre-Season in Attempt to Impress Zinedine Zidane," 6 July 2019 YouTube, the immensely popular video site owned by Google, has recently drawn the gaze of U.S. regulators. — Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, "Google users can now auto-delete location data," 27 June 2019 In the cloud market, Microsoft is a strong and fast-growing No. 2, behind Amazon, safely outside the gaze of antitrust watchdogs. — Steve Lohr, New York Times, "5 Lessons From Microsoft’s Antitrust Woes, by People Who Lived It," 23 June 2019 Expect thick jungle, a lot of sweat, and then the miracle of witnessing the deep gaze of a watchful silverback. — National Geographic, "10 unforgettable animal-watching adventures," 21 June 2019 Like other girls who grew up playing baseball on teams composed almost entirely of boys, Isabella Siren became accustomed to the ever-present gaze of spectators and opposing players. — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, "Maryland girls briefly get wish – an elite baseball (not softball!) team of their own," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gaze.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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