stared

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He was shown to the section just in front of the girls, and at Pappoose he stared--stared long and hard, so that she bit her lip and turned nervously away.

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  1. intransitive verb To look directly and fixedly, often with a wide-eyed gaze. See Synonyms at gaze.
  2. intransitive verb To be conspicuous; stand out.
  3. intransitive verb To stand on end; bristle, as hair or feathers.

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  • And how it would spread Creo stared, his expression contorting between horror and fascination. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Gloating over his ignominious flight The flier was fleeing with the girl O'Neel stared, then emitted a low, hissing noise, his way of indicating surprise. —  049 - The Mental Wizard
  • They stood for a long time and stared, and Doc Savage's small, fantastic trilling noise came out of nothingness, made an eerie melody for a time, then ebbed away as gradually as it had come There were neither planes nor men in the clearing It was the right clearing. —  049 - The Mental Wizard
  • We stared--not at his bloated face and torso, but at the horseshoes someone had tied to his arms and legs to keep him from floating to the surface Even though Evelyn Wilcox had divorced Clayton three years earlier, I felt I should inform her of his death in person. —  EQMM, July2006
  • People stared, and soon there was a crowd about us with an abundance of curiosity. —  Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
 

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