staring
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,778 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,174 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder also: agaze staring eyes
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers also: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross an arrant foola complete coward
staring 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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Nika sat brooding and staring in front of her, for Agnes had interpreted to her their little brother’s words.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Peter Russet stood staring at Sam and wondering wot Bill ud be like when he'd 'ad a little more.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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And as they were looking at him, staring, stupid with astonishment, “Well, what of it?” he added with an oath.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He sat in the big chair staring at the fire, this small room in the West, and thought about it.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He sat with the other new-comers, staring, open-eyed, at nearly six hundred boys, big and small, assembled together in the Speech-room.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1