How to Use stare in a Sentence

stare

1 of 2 verb

• She stared out the window.
• His mother told him not to stare.
• Evil stared Kevin in the face, and Kevin stared right back.
  — Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
• At first, people stopped their cars and stared at the bears in a field next to the roadway.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
• Dozens of wacky faces and doodles stare back as the ride goes in circle.
  — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
• People stare at him through the window, point to their friends, and walk away.
  — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
• The lunchtime rush at the restaurant in Green Bay had eased, and the women stared at the Facebook post on Igler’s phone.
  — Sarah Varney, NBC News, 22 July 2023
• Observers stared, laughed, yelled, and rushed to call the police, but the man ignored them.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Jellybean is the one who kind of walks creepily and sits and stares.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• When asked questions, McLemore would stare and shake his head.
  — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• Looking in the mirror and turning away from the truth staring right back at you.
  — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
• And for the team his Magic defeated, there’s one trend staring it in the face.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
• Fans filed by and stared at this white man talking to these two Black people.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• On the sidewalk a bearded man stood rooted, staring up at the sun.
  — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
• At first, Rosenfeld said, the twins stared at pictures of their parents.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• McConnell continued to stare straight ahead, and the aide asked reporters to give them a minute.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• Less time having pitchers strolling around the mound, staring at the sky and looking for birds to fly by.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 23 July 2023
• As the video continues, the woman can be seen crossing back over the fountain’s stones as the crowd stares.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• Her favorite drawing shows a child curling up in the cold and staring at a hot mug.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• People once had to find a still body of water and stare into it to see themselves.
  — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
• Faces stared back at him: this strange, frantic young man, shouting at them.
  — Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• The bull stops short of stomping him with its front hooves and just stares the man down before plodding away.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• The screen stared playing a slideshow of Dotun and Charity growing up, which brought her to tears once more.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• Unless staring while Black is now also against the rules.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
• There’s even a painting of Gus, staring back at us with soulful eyes.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2023
• Smith, a 52-year-old from South Africa, showed no reaction in court and stared ahead as the judge read the jury's verdict.
  — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Others stared through the glass, hollering at their friends .
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• Fellow honoree Gladys Knight stared up from the front row, smiling.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
• In one upstairs bedroom, Beemon slowed and stared at the floor covering.
  — Jennifer Brett, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
• Half a dozen of his officers sat in chairs, staring fixedly at the monitor, which was now blank.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024

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stare

2 of 2 noun

• They looked at me with accusing stares.
• Jones was a burly 6-3 with a thick mustache and a hard stare.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
• And the stage crew kids are predictably emo in their black clothes and sleepy-eyed stares.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
• Chef turned around and looked at me with a stare that could melt Medusa, pointing to the back prep kitchen.
  — Fatima Ali, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2022
• The tall guy next to him, all angles and silent stares, is Shane Steichen.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
• Etch out the eyes, then stick red sewing pins through the center of each to create beady stares.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
• Brian Tyree Henry is the first star to brave Jolie's stare.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• His eyes are fixed in an icy stare, his lips curl toward a snarl.
  — Emily Birnbaum, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• Fans wear pins and T-shirts that feature his wide-eyed stare.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• Men in muscle shirts strutted down the path with hard stares.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
• Miss Baugh fixed me with a stare that struck terror in my heart – as well as in the hearts of my classmates.
  — J. Shannon Roe, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2021
• The winner gets to pick where to bury the still-warm body while the surviving kittens stare at you.
  — Charlie Dektar, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022
• Young Simon had a vulpine stare, piercing green eyes, and abs for days.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
• So Rubin clapped her hands, assumed a death stare and went to work.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• These young ladies do not seem to mind the stares from others and more so when the office gets a little chilly.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• Bass is the type of leader who gets things done with a smile rather than a sneer or a threatening stare.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• With something of a thousand-yard-stare and vacant look in her eyes.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 13 Jan. 2022
• Two piercing green eyes and a penetrating stare stopped the world in its tracks in 1985.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021
• Lesnar had an abrupt stare-down with Reigns, setting up a likely feud between the two.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
• The potential winning run, in the name of Aaron Judge, stood coiled at the plate with two outs in the ninth inning, a death stare on his face.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
• One challenge in the stare-down with the U.S. stems from the system that would replace the digital taxes.
  — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
• Hamilton, by far the sport’s biggest star, sprints to his garage, an intense stare fixed on his face.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
• In the first photo, Cohen is holding Wacha's neck while the two stare at each other.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
• This question tends to lead to a far-off stare and a long moment of reflection.
  — Lee Gimpel, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• Jonathan Banks can do so much with a dour stare, and he's never been better than his last look down at the two dead men.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 July 2022
• Around one corner, a wood pigeon landed, gave us a hard stare, and flew away.
  — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
• Yoo, however, overlooks some of the details of these past stare-offs.
  — Daniel Depetris, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022
• Tino insists, and dad fixes him with a very pointed stare.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
• Beth’s death stare at Jamie while the confetti is falling…how did that not bore a hole straight through his head?
  — William Earl, Variety, 13 Nov. 2022
• Their children’s meltdowns, tantrums times three, come unannounced and garner stares.
  — Linda Friedel, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024