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Sentence Examples The young bloke on the veranda stares unwittingly for a moment or two at the approaching figure before suddenly exploding into action. Both ignored the curious stares thrown their way as they rushed towards their science class. Emerging into daylight, they are the subject of curious stares from passers-by. When she finally came out from hiding, she met the stares of three very curious people. She didn't realise she was holding his hand for so long, and that people were beginning to give them curious stares. Together we were drawing some very curious stares from the locals at the restaurant. We got a resounding round of applause from all the old biddies watching on, then we both got death stares from management. He is handsome, with high cheekbones, a strong chin, and a shock of thick hair, and he stares with a slight frown at something in the distance. Most of all, people in biracial relationships sometimes receive hateful stares and racial slurs from strangers. Zevon declined to offer any hints about the new songs, but he said fans should not anticipate material of moist eyes or long, distant stares. Then she stares at the stranger, her puzzled expression swiftly turning into shock. A rose-coloured monoprint of Heslop's smiling face stares enigmatically from the plastic surface of the DVD picture disc. The girl stares at the shark, her pretty human eye focused on the eye of the sightless, eerie fish. The actual reactions run the gamut from blank stares to gently-furrowed brows. The deformities of his body are magnified by his motley, and his glassy eye stares all the more blankly for the surrounding grease paint. The face I'm staring into, the face that stares back with a thousand unasked questions, is my own. You want to avoid the questions, the long stares or the patronizing comments people uninvitedly seemed to offer. Tourists shamed them with their stares and cameras, and all too soon they had to ask friends to bring brassieres from shops in Jakarta. As the car whizzes along the highway, Sonia stares out at the sodden fields. Jessica's stony expression softens and she stares at the ground for a moment. Show More Sentences So in order to avoid the police and stares of the public, he kept to the solitary alleys. Derek carried Jessica up the stairs bridal style, ignoring all the stares and whistling sounds. Like an insomniac passing the time, she stares blindly into the artificial luminescence, as though hoping for either a diversion or a soporific. I heard the ugly sound of a lock click and that is when the stares and whisperings came. The TotalGym really works, it's fun, and you don't have to suffer the disapproving stares of the scary spandex people at the gym. He raises his small black eyes, stares at me, and says something in Burmese. He breathes without the machine, receives nourishment through the tubes, stares without seeing, and listens without hearing. Keen-eyed, she stares back at me, with a half-smile on her handsome features. He had a piercing gaze, a direct contrast to the cold stares of the technicians. To most of my friends and family, the announcement was greeted by cold confused stares and some tears. We were met with cold stares from policemen and BSF officials who could be spotted everywhere. He returned many of the cold stares with quick nods and smiles as he walked by, but few people acknowledged them. With a slam of her hand on the desk, everyone glanced at her, their cold stares boring into her soul. She tore it into sections, oblivious to the stares she received toward her black lace bra, and tried to staunch his wounds with the fabric. Many stay-at-home dads complain about the conversational snubs and weird stares they get at playgrounds and school yards. He received a few awed stares, many cheerful greetings and a hearty handshake from the leader of the family. The cow stares at me with it's blissful brown eyes, chewing away quite happily. The stares and ogles were still very much evident but they didn't faze her nearly as much as she thought they would. Bran shifted uncomfortably under the harsh stares, strong team that he was. He stops and stares, obviously stunned at seeing the opening of the hidden passage. Show More Sentences Yet the tourists' open-mouthed stares did not trouble the good folk of Marken. She stares longingly at the thick black uniforms and hard helmets hanging up in the machine bay. He stares at a strategic map of the strongpoints of the city, placing squadrons which are inadequately manned, to assault the Red Army. The crowds surged forward to the car door as it opened, but when I emerged, I was met with nothing but blank stares. We bicycled around old town dodging ruts and chuckholes and ignoring the stares from the locals and uniformed children getting out of school. The city stares in, beaming golden lights like a parliament of owls watching from the darkness. One man stares at it dangerously while pedalling his bicycle along the road. He held the ball on the palm of his hands, studying it closely, peering at it the way a gemologist stares at a diamond. Above all, a viewer is made very conscious of the penetrating power of the artist's eyes as he stares into the mirror. I picked up the flower and walked out of the room, ignoring the intent stares on me. The woman stares coldly at my mum as if she were crazy to even ask such a thing. She ignored their puzzled stares and left the fast-food restaurant as fast as she could. We stood locked in a battle of stares for a minute, my horrified expression gazing into her fearful one. She stares down at the infant and reaches out to touch its fine, feathery black hair. He stares at my clothes with an indiscernible look, waits for a second, then shrugs imperceptibly and returns to his work. Her questions met with blank stares and uneasy glances from her comrades among the crew. Rubbing her temples concernedly, Vicky sat back down, ignoring the stares of her classmates. Whenever I pull them out of my bag, I can feel the amused and somewhat pitying stares of other golfers upon me. At a posh dinner for his company, Jack stares down at his place setting in panic and terror. The toy is small, yet the artist stares intensely at it, puzzled by the magnitude of the myth. Show More Sentences She stares into the light without flinching, her expression deadly serious and intent. He sits down on a bench, his arms folded across his slight potbelly, as she conscientiously stares at each painting. There are long periods where the camera stares unwaveringly at interviewees. Why does this article feel like a recipe for turning into a slightly creepy man who grins and stares at people? A more obvious explanation stares European governments in the face, but nobody dares to act. Already, he could see the stares and could almost hear the whispers as his classmates openly gawked at him. The two women exchanged death stares, time stood still, and when the dust settled, the Leafs were still down 3-1 in the series. At four feet five inches tall, Fin's dwarfism has earned him prying stares and questions all of his life. Local teenage girls walking their babies in strollers earned judgemental stares from the couple at a table next to me. An oversized gnome, he looms over garden ponds, stares wistfully up at bedroom windows. She weaved her way between the chairs with her eyes fixed determinedly on that seat, ignoring the stares of the others. Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they devour the torn pieces of his wedding photograph. Daniel is red-eyed from weeping, while John stares unseeingly out of a hotel window, disconsolate. For a long time, he stares down the main road of the dust bowl we're in, down toward the trailer park on the outskirts of town. In low-slung pants and do-rags, they draw stares as they enter to warm up for the evening's event. The audience quiets down as John slowly turns and stares at one general spot in the crowd. She begins to weep, her body shaking, and then, when her grief is purged, she stares dead ahead. Jason stares at Daphne, surprised by the admission that Doug's negligence bothers her. The seven-foot Cobra curled on the ground slowly rears his head and stares at the Marines encircling him. The way we choose to interpret and perceive stares will influence our ability to cope with them. Show More Sentences A plump teenage boy stares back at me with wide eyes set in a pale face crowned with windswept dark hair. And the title, suddenly revealed, stares out at me from beneath the cellophane wrapper of the cover. While Mona stares uncomfortably into the horse's eye, Tamsin regards her with poised bemusement. Just below, a freshly skinned ox head, looking chillingly alive, stares reproachfully at the viewer. As D-Day approached I became a zombie, all distant stares and unresponsive grunts. During our exchanges there were plenty of glares and stares, and maybe even a couple of opinions shared. They entered the Council room only a moment later and were instantly greeted by an even number of displeased glares and calm stares. Walking through the halls, I tried to ignore the gasps, whispering, stares, and the glares coming my way. At best, they receive a few quizzical stares, a couple of thumbs-up signs and a desperate waving of white flags. One of the boys sleeps on a sofa while the other stares complacently at the camera, arms raised apprehensively. He stares soulfully past the camera, on toward a catering truck where sushi rolls and ham sandwiches dwell side by side in harmony. He stares at me with beady eyes, occasionally ruffling his feathers and tilting his head from side to side. He runs a hand through his thick, dark-blonde hair and stares, unsmiling, with piercing blue eyes. I avoided his stares and finished the meal in silence, surprising Gretchen with my unaccustomed taciturnity. She stares intensely at a scene, immersing herself in it fully, and suddenly she and the whole thing take flight. The sight of a fair-skinned woman in a sari or salwar kameez invites stares. She stares straight ahead with her right hand on her hip and her left arm awkwardly looped through her father's elbow. It is difficult for women to retaliate in public without creating a scene and inviting stares when something like this happens. There were stares and whispers as Bryony dismounted in the bailey, handing the reins to Tauno, one of her soldiers. A compassionate old woman, the deep lines of time scored into her bird face, stares down at me, the last thing I need. Show More Sentences He stares out at us from photographs and self-portraits, bald, bearded and utterly lacking in flamboyance. A barbarian dictator who stares down the US can lead a region to war, terrorism, and oppression on a global scale. On every bench and wall sit silent, hunched figures with thousand-yard stares. Fortunately, I have enough money and self-admiration to be far removed from the harsh stares of the other diners. Her body stiffens as she stares at the TV, focusing her eyes, ears, heart and soul on the screen. John Knox stares stonily down at me from his plinth at the top of the boneyard. I felt the weight of disapproving stares from Mandy and Serena, before they were quickly replaced by beaming smiles. Layla stares at it, grim, then screams, and falls down, beating her fists against the pavement. She couldn't help but notice the curious stares she received from the people around her. I stumbled after him, highly aware of the curious stares we were receiving. I suddenly felt their curious stares burn into the back of my head. Staggering home under the appalled stares of passers-by, a bloodied Mehmet walks a gauntlet of seething furnaces, grinding pistons and an incessant, infernal hammering. The president stares at him, his kind eyes emanating genuine compassion through his granddad spectacles. He quickly takes a slug of beer and stares up at the trophies. And many of my Sikh friends have shared with me a history of racial slurs and menacing stares they have endured over the years. Gerard Way stares me right in the eye, speaking with a slightly bitter snap in his tone that is only managed by those scorned by elitists in the past. Their interracial marriage drew few stares and no discernible backlash. We emerged triumphant close to the bow section, exchanged steely stares as befits the penetrators of mighty wrecks, and swam off to pose beside the bow gun. This group also includes the creepy ogler who stares at the bartender. In it, she stares out at an empty Malibu beach, plunges into an infinity pool, and lies listlessly in the sun. Show More Sentences Furthermore, some mystics claim that if one stares at a small pentangle long enough one will see that all triangles end in a circle with five sides. Dylan just stares blankly into the camera with a thin smile on his face. He earned several of Hazel's atomic laser death stares for his trouble. His craggy visage stares from countless heroic portraits and statues. She stares at me like I'm the stupidest human being in existence. Ben, framed against the bare white wall behind him, stares straight ahead and is otherwise motionless as he is carried, cattle-like, along by the conveyor belt. When asked when that might be, Tomislav stares broodily into the distance. Korshev looked at film close-ups and, with a colorist's eye for khakis and ochres, painted a soldier who has lost an eye but stares unblinkingly at the viewer. After trying several times to mime a blow-drier being applied to my clothes and getting blank stares back, I plonked down 15,000 dong and reached for the drier myself. Certainly it is the face of the tousle-haired youth with a hint of acne, who, as you enter, stares out from the confines of an aluminium frame set on a signpost. The girls' relationship is established early on as we see Elena kissing her studly Italian boyfriend while sis stares from across a table miserably gorging on a sundae. Caidryn stares at the broken haft in her hand and cries even harder. As Cameron enters, Jem stares at the ground, trying to hide the reeling activity of his brain as he calculates the reason for this unprecedented visit. Oh the shame of it Kim thought, she tried to avoid the stares by hiding her head in her hands, she could already feel the warmth flushing into her cheeks. Ten-year-old Yasmine al attar stares at me from under her dark curled bangs. Bakari reaches out, strokes bundy's cheek and stares into his eyes longingly. He rests lavishly, depicted in a marble sarcophagus that stares up for eternity at the carved depictions of his life story. Slouched forward with her elbow on the armrest and her chin in the palm of her hand, Dove stares out the window jadedly, her expression with its usual mask of reserve. It protects us from the world, from accusing stares, lies and rumors. Pat stares fixedly at the fuzzy diagram on their worksheets. Show More Sentences His eyes were closed but he could still feel their cold stares. A large crowd of the Hollanders had gathered outside and many were cheering and waving, others watched with blank stares, and some had tears streaming down their face. They want the full, three-generation saga, the life story, with full-throttle melodrama and comic relief, with fights and beautiful sets and aching, soulful stares. The boys greeted each other with cold stares, sizing each other up. He sits on the bank and, wretched, stares into the purling water. The grey hulk of the jail stares out across Dublin's north inner city. Her eyes glazing with tears, Martina stares at him as he walks behind her. In Scotland too, holy wells in remote places attracted the attentions of Presbyterian devotees, often despite the baleful stares of ordained Kirk ministers. You'll just erect a huge, ugly billboard that stares them in the face as they drive past it every day, forcing their parents to explain what the sign is about. So is the scene in which Mrs. Kercher stares at Edda after the guilty verdict was read. She stares in the mirror, scrutinizing her hair, her moles, her skin. I guess I was glaring death stares at them because they stopped. On Friday, for example, we were treated to the full repertoire of stares, glares and sighs, all of which do nothing but make him look a right prat in front of his hosts. He noticed the curious stares of the regular patrons of the inn. A chisel-faced Van Gogh stares bleakly from a green ground, Francis Bacon is a massacre of distorted whorls and Sarah Lucas peers over a wilting cigarette. Now, every time you pass her in the hail, she not only stares but glares. Even the emus are entrancing until they fix you with their beady stares. Swallowing, Daphne feels mesmerized as she stares into his steady gaze. Of course, the jokes, the nomenclature, the people doing the creepy but supposed to be funny stares, are almost always men. With his aquiline profile, unfashionable dress, strange accent and flowing locks of chestnut-brown hair, John James Audubon must have drawn curious stares from onlookers. Show More Sentences I put the key back into my pocket and backed out of the parking spot I was in, and sped out of the lot, unheeding but aware of the envious stares. Mainly located in the southeastern and midwestern stares, LongHorn's atmosphere is decidedly steaks and longneck beers, says Hickey. There were stares, gestures, and quiet conversations at the desk. Aristotle explains the phenomenon that occurs when a person stares at a moving stimulus such as the waves in a body of water. Jackie and I strolled down the streets, each balancing a beverage and provoking many curious stares from passing Salzburgians. Ruth stares out of her office window, across the courtyard towards the artificial lake, and thinks about the impending trip to the sea light. We are crying, looking at one another. A small group of wemistikoshiw gathers and stares at us. We play a game she calls zoomy rocket, which usually draws some nasty maternal stares. His friend stares in astonishment at Soyinka, who seems unperturbed. I could feel other girls in the room hating on me and my friends with their stares. He stares at us blankly, then pulls down his pants and begins peeing. A hound stares at the reflection of the torch in the water, doggishly amazed to see a fire in the sea beneath its paws. This enables tenants to use Workspeed to inquire about the stares of their work orders and even view billing dates and invoice numbers. Certain European legends state that if someone stares into a hellhound's eyes three times or more, that person will surely die. She stares at me like I've asked her how she learned to chew solid food. While waiting at stoplights, driving on the open road, and in highway passing lanes, everyone is all stares and thumbs up at this hot roadster. Moyes has one of the iciest stares in football, and Kilbane reckons United's players will cross their new manager at their peril. While he's being gently scolded by his dead dad, Tiger stares silently at the camera, looking either chastised or lobotomized. Mention of the Domino Theory tends to draw blank stares from the under-40 set today. Holding upside down a portrait of William Shakespeare as if he had just been gazing at it, the togaed figure of Praemonitio stares terrified into space. Show More Sentences In the second illustration above, for instance, taken from the cover of another number in 1895, a woman named Florence stares schemingly into space. In one picture, the 54-year-old stares seductively into the camera while sipping a martini with a couple of green olives swimming in the cocktail. It is a quagmire not strategic depth that Pakistan stares at and there still is a way out only if its paranoiac leadership understood this and wanted it. He stares at her like she's a total moon unit. Which she probably is. Examples from Classical Literature For in what does the short-winded poet himself excel the common unimaginative person who talks or who stares? Death was used to drawing stares, even before he became a cyborg with a beautiful woman beside him, but this was different. He stares at me, wondering how I come there, and I stare at him, wondering how he comes there. He rises from his seat, and abstractedly stares at the Star, then at the audience. His words were greeted with stony-faced stares as meaningless and void of expression as the stare of a frozen fish. The boys looked at the moonshiner, who returned their stares with interest. I caught their amazed stares, and then terrifically they broke into gales of laughter. And he lies down on his back in a field of clover, and stares up at the sky. Is it thy face, Baleka, that stares upon me from among the faces of the thousands whom I have slain? If I held out and pretended not to notice these stares, he would, still in silence, proceed to further tortures. There were squints, and leers, and some dull, ox-like stares from those who were too dull or too weary to converse. Jephro,' said she, 'there is an impertinent fellow upon the road there who stares up at Miss Hunter. They were more than likely to stand and chew their cuds and look out upon the world with vacant stares and say nothing. If you have the stoniest of British stares he will outstare you. She wears a rust-colored Charlie by Matthew Zink suit, and stares aloofly out of frame, the New York Post reported. Weatherbeaten and wild-eyed, she stares from the shadows of her concrete prison. Here he plants his binocle on his nose, leans back and stares at me. He indicates an imaginary abyss, which Jem stares at dubiously. For a second the old boy stares at me like he was goin' to blow a gasket. The Gorgon stares you out of countenance, and that suffices. Show More Sentences She turns to Sara, stares into her moleskin eyes, and says in English, 'I don't want you to be my mam-gu. The Frenchman stares more than ever, as if anxious to understand. First one animal trait, then another, creeps to the surface and stares out at me. I've no patience with folk as sits an' just stares at good bread an' meat. This talk went in at one ear and out at the other, for a boy who spends his life eating and sleeping does not worry about anything till it actually stares him in the face. At the third time he slowly raises his head and stares blankly at you. Trigger Time Given its patriotic water transfer, this JR Carbine got quite a few stares when it was uncased at the range. On spotting a snake, a California ground squirrel stares and sniffs, or if the snake is uncoiled, may even kick sand at it. A tad disconcerting, but I soon learned to feign obliviousness to their stares. What the boys thought of her could only be determined from their stares. They help him up, and he staggers against the wall and stares at them. Tope by shifty resources in which he is an adept, Deputy peeps, sharp-eyed, through the bars, and stares astounded from the threatener to the threatened. She stares, trembles, and curtseys, whenever I speak to her. For instance, the Madonna in a Circle woodcut shows an upper roundel of two angels crowning the seated Mary who stares lovingly at her swaddled son. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of stares? Words that rhyme with stares What is the adverb for stares? What is the adjective for stares? What is the noun for stares? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words staredown stare decisis stared at stared stare at stare Stares starets star-filled starfish starfishes starflower 6-letter Words Starting With s st sta star stare