gazing
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
An inflected form of gaze · -ing form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,927 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,322 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- look at with fixed eyes also: stare The students stared at the teacher with amazement
gazing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The shorter Negro stood gazing at the horrible death of his brother without flinching.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Gazing, with a timid glance, On the brooklet's swift advance, On the river's broad expanse!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Her mother and her brother were gazing at her with a look of blank amazement.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Mr. George Burton, naval pensioner, sat at the door of his lodgings gazing in placid content at the sea.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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At Ion Mrs. Elsie Travilla stood at the window of her dressing-room gazing with delighted eyes upon the lovely scene.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1