How to Use stare at (someone) in a Sentence

stare at (someone)

phrasal verb
Definition of stare at (someone)next
  • Do not stare at the sun with your naked eyes during the eclipse.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The prize is weird darkness in the day and a chance to stare at the sun’s spiky white corona with the naked eye.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • People stare at him through the window, point to their friends, and walk away.
    — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The posters remain silent and stare at the camera for the whole time, and mostly grope their own chests.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 15 July 2023
  • Kweli could spend much of the day occupied by the toys and art projects in the playroom, leaving me free to stare at the sea.
    — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, neighbors came from their own houses to stare at the scene.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 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 one programs itself, too, and doesn’t force you to constantly stare at the clock.
    — Mitch Calvert, Men's Health, 16 May 2023
  • 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
  • These videos and the Blackness in them are what my younger self would watch and stare at, their Blackness and the volume in them staring right back.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
  • No person could possibly have taught Jokic to stare at the ground, pound the ball into the floor with two hands, and then lace a jumper.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Then my daughter turned around to stare at me quizzically.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The dog can be seen ripping up the bottom of the trampoline before stopping to stare at the camera.
    — Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • This is so stunning the other woman can only stare at Jen.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • For years, people stopped to stare at the sugar maple tree in its fall glory in Sandra Peters’ front yard.
    — Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2022
  • As in, people in Copenhagen were breaking their necks to stare at it during our drive of a Europe-spec Buzz.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022
  • But once Samuel Alito and his fellow travelers peeled the box open, the world got a good long stare at the dead cat inside.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • When a business owner enters the Tank, there's a painfully awkward moment when the sharks stare at them.
    — Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Amazon Anyone who cares about the aesthetics of their space probably doesn't want to stare at their TV screen all the time.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In the picture, McCartney, Shevell, and the couple's new furry friend, Jet, stare at the camera.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • When the lights return, the pair can only stare at one another in shock as debris rain down upon them.
    — EW.com, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Joel’s tendency to stare at what appeared to be a TelePrompter scrolling the lyrics snuffed out any potential chemistry.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2024
  • Stroll through New Atlantis, and every citizen will turn and stare at you, googly-eyed.
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In the French tragedian Racine’s 17th-century version of the tragedy, as well as in Euripides, the onlookers all stare at the ground.
    — Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 8 July 2022
  • Boy and tiger stare at each other, face close to face, before bending their heads to jointly devour a large sea turtle.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In his first show back, Stewart broke the fourth wall by asking the camera operator to move closer and closer to stare at his face again.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But the verve only lasts long enough for Ellie to slowly remove her werewolf face and stare at her friend, her hair wild, eyes enormous and searching.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 26 Feb. 2023
  • For a brief moment, Shula’s younger self (Blessings Bhamjee) appears beside her, and both solemnly stare at the corpse.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
  • Those currently in an office can instead stare at this list with a burning jealousy.
    — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The indictment does not tell the entire story, but a trial would reveal more that will cause the governor to continue to stare at his shoes when asked about the scandal.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024

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