stare

stare
01. The man [stared] at the woman until she turned away in embarrassment.
02. The unhappy student [stared] at the test; he had studied the wrong material.
03. Their teenage daughter is always afraid that people are [staring] at her, and laughing at her clothing or hair.
04. Shyam [stared] out the window of his office, and thought about his home in Bombay.
05. My wife said nothing, but gave me an angry [stare] when I came home from the pub drunk.
06. Angelina [stared] at her computer screen, wondering what to do next.
07. The cat [stared] at the dog, ready to flee if it came towards her.
08. Someone once said that those who [stare] at the past have their backs turned to the future.
09. The young boy [stared] as the girl walked by in her short skirt.
10. The children sat and [stared] at the television for an hour.
11. The children could only [stare] in horror as the car ran over their little dog.
12. The young boy was obviously bored in class as he sat [staring] out the window.
13. All the guys were [staring] as the young woman came out of the change room in her bikini.
14. Burton Rascoe once suggested that what no wife of a writer can understand is that a writer is working when he's [staring] out of the window.
15. When giving a presentation, shut the curtains in the room so that people in the audience don't [stare] out the windows.
16. Pop group Chicago sang, "People [stare], but they don't see, all the hurt that's inside of me."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • stare — [lat. stare, da una radice indoeuropea] (pres. indic. sto /stɔ/ [radd. sint.], stai, sta [radd. sint.], stiamo, state, stanno ; pres. cong. stia [poet. ant. stèa ], stia [poet. ant. stie ], stia [poet. ant. stèa o stie ], stiamo, stiate, stìano… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • stare — STÁRE, stări, s.f. 1. Situaţie în care se află cineva sau ceva; mod, fel, chip în care se prezintă cineva sau ceva. ♢ expr. A fi în stare (să...) = a putea, a fi capabil să... (Rar) Faptul de a sta într un anumit fel; poziţie a corpului; postură …   Dicționar Român

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  • STARE — inter ritus Sacrorum fuit antiquitus usurpatos, sicut et Sedere, Circumagere se, manum osculari etc. Adorantes enim Deos Stabant erectô corpore ampliorem augustioremque cultum exhibituri. Martialis l. 12. Epigr. 78. v. 1. Multis dum precibus… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • stare — [ster] vi. stared, staring [ME staren < OE starian, akin to ON stara < Gmc * stara , having fixed eyes, rigid < IE base * (s)ter , rigid, stiff > STARK, Gr strēnēs, hard] 1. to gaze or look steadily with eyes wide open, as in fear,… …   English World dictionary

  • stare — stare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared} (st[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. star[=e]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. stereo s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stare — (st[^a]r), v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at. [1913 Webster] I will stare him out of his wits. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To stare in the face}, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stare — Stare, n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. A dull and stupid stare. Churchill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Staré — is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.HistoryIn historical records the village was first mentioned in 1221.=Geography= The village lies at an altitude of 107 metres and covers an area of… …   Wikipedia

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