stare out

phrasal verb

stared out; staring out; stares out
British
: to look directly into a person's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away
often used figuratively
They had stared out danger more than once.

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Now Dani was leaning over the railing, staring out at the vast sea—the sea that would remain the sea forever, no matter what any boy did. Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025 Also available as a serenity-stimulating perfume, the scent smells like staring out at ocean waves from the inside of a pristine yoga studio. Jenny Berg, Allure, 8 Feb. 2025 The TikTok video, which was shared on February 3 and has so far gained over 390,000 views, shows the fed-up dog staring out a window. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025 Our mother was at the wheel because Tom refused to learn to drive a car, while Ellen and I sat in the back seat, staring out anxiously from beneath a welter of books and the glinting gold wrappers of a dozen Cadbury Milks. Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stare out

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“Stare out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stare%20out. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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