stare at (someone)
phrasal verb
stared at (someone); staring at (someone); stares at (someone)
: to look steadily at (someone)
We just sat and stared at each other.
—often used figuratively for something that should be apparentThe solution was staring right at me but I didn't see it.
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Ella and Dad often stare at one another with concern when the other person is too immersed in their thoughts to notice.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
These children may spend the rest of their lives right here, with little to do but stare at a television, watched over by shift workers.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Too many people too often stare at the complexity of an issue instead of solving the damn thing.
—Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
Predictably quirky, Lynch would stare at the camera, give the date, the temperature — in both Fahrenheit and Celsius — and then a general description of the weather.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
These children may spend the rest of their lives right here, with little to do but stare at a television, watched over by shift workers.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Too many people too often stare at the complexity of an issue instead of solving the damn thing.
—Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
Predictably quirky, Lynch would stare at the camera, give the date, the temperature — in both Fahrenheit and Celsius — and then a general description of the weather.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Stare at (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stare%20at%20%28someone%29. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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