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Example sentences for "gaze"

Lexicographically close words:
gayly; gayn; gayne; gaz; gazabo; gazebo; gazed; gazelle; gazelles; gazer
  1. The door was bolted, but all four children stood for an instant with their gaze riveted upon it as if they expected to see it burst open at any moment.

  2. Chicken Little followed his gaze but not his thoughts.

  3. As Plato threw his vivid fancy and imagination and his religious temper into everything which concerned the human spirit, so Aristotle fixed his gaze upon nature, which with him in all its manifestations was the ultimate fact.

  4. As we gaze on the Kingdom, Temple, Body, Spouse, and Family, one seems to melt and change into the other.

  5. At the distance of three generations Origen answered him, but the religion which he defended already stood avowed alike before the inquiring gaze of philosophers, the corrupt crowds of cities, and the jealous fear of rulers.

  6. At such times her gaze was vacant, and she seemed to be entirely oblivious to all about her.

  7. And she drew back and placed her right arm across her eyes as though to shut out from her gaze something that appalled her.

  8. Then she stepped back to gaze at you, seemed to doubt, saying: 'Is it really you?

  9. I sometimes open my window in fine weather and gaze upon the distant trees; other mornings I read Ronsard.

  10. That argument was rather too much for Charlotte, but she continued to gaze at her sister with a shocked and doubtful air as they walked along the shady sidewalk towards home.

  11. He was conscious of fairly blinking before the direct gaze of innocence of this lying little boy.

  12. The stenographer, turning from her remark to the clerk, met the laughing but impertinent gaze of one of the horse-trading men, and she turned her back upon him with an emphasis that provoked a chuckle from his companion.

  13. He remembered quite distinctly the young man's gaze at the stout, blue-eyed girl.

  14. To that polite official gaze of inquiry the scene of the tragedy returned a blank and uncommunicative stare.

  15. And the crowd, mistaking it for something else, rushed off to gaze and cheer excitedly at the prisoners within.

  16. Penrod's gaze had relaxed, drooped to his button again, and his lethargy was renewed.

  17. Margaret bent a perplexed gaze upon him, and he saw that she had not divined his intentions, though the expression of Mr. Blakely was already beginning to be a little compensation for the ammonia outrage.

  18. His gaze was not fixed particularly upon Penrod's nose, however, and neither now nor later did he make any remark or gesture referring to this casual eccentricity.

  19. His gaze lingered there, wandered away, and hopelessly returned again and again, to be a little refreshed by the glossy scarlet of the cluster of tiny globes.

  20. To the gaze of Duke, still blurred by slumber, this monstrosity was all of one piece the bone seemed a living part of it.

  21. It may be, however, that his gaze was disturbing to Mr. Blakely, upon whose person it was glassily fixed with a self-forgetfulness that was almost morbid.

  22. But my eye fell more quickly on Count Leuchtenstein, who rode after, with the great Chancellor Oxenstierna; in him, in his steady gaze and serene brow and wholesome strength, I traced the nearest likeness to the king.

  23. He began to gaze forward towards the head of the column, and to mutter savagely at the footmen below us, who seemed more eager to overtake the fugitives and strip the dead, than to press forward and break down opposition.

  24. Shun the gaze of mankind, whom you have only lived to annoy, and rank for the rest of your existence amongst the most lowly and feeble of animals.

  25. My oppressor stared at them with a grim and unwavering gaze that finally seemed to put them out and set them ill at ease; for they became so quiet that we could hear noises other than theirs.

  26. This really aroused in me that indignation which sometimes renders me almost terrible; but his fixed and glittering gaze seemed to hold me back from making the protest which rose to my lips.

  27. An' what was it that was offered to the gaze o' this romantic piece o' calicker?

  28. Bronson directed his gaze to the position of the throttle device and Gregory saw with a gasp of astonishment that the throttle was only half open.

  29. Blair was unable to meet the steady gaze of his employer's son.

  30. The second tour of the fishing fleet was only partly completed when Dickie directed Gregory's gaze in the direction of the point off Northwest Harbor.

  31. Always he kept his unwavering gaze upon the stubby shock of black hair that flaunted before him; and, little by little, it grew nearer and more distinct.

  32. Again Ivan Ivanovitch began to gaze at his belongings with satisfaction.

  33. Hetman Nevelitchkiy is killed, Zadorozhniy is killed, and Tcherevitchenko: but the Cossacks stand their ground; they will not die without looking in your eyes; they want you to gaze upon them once more before the hour of death arrives.

  34. She gazed at them with her whole soul, with every sense; she was wholly merged in the gaze, and yet she could not gaze enough.

  35. They had such a diabolical gaze that he involuntarily shuddered.

  36. Then her gaze seemed to wander toward the retreating form of Miss Benson.

  37. He looked at Frank, who returned the gaze undismayed and unflinchingly.

  38. All was fair and smiling, gaze where I would.

  39. I gaze and gaze In silence on the glorious pile; And the glad thoughts of other days Come thronging back the while.

  40. Her gaze left me, to dwell upon the old man with infinite affection.

  41. And yet I will come," he replied firmly, endeavoring by the very eager longing of his own gaze to draw from her fair, downcast face some sign of hope.

  42. But her gaze passed unsuspiciously over the prostrate, huddled form.

  43. In fact, he did nothing but gaze steadily at the King, and as he gazed, the King felt his strength come back to him.

  44. He perched on the top of a large orange tree, whence he was able to survey the scene and to gaze at pleasure on the Princess's charms.

  45. Matt turned a quick gaze about him, wondering from which direction Pete was to appear.

  46. Lifting his gaze upward, he peered sharply into the foliage.

  47. As he came nearer, the man presented his side face to him, but kept his gaze still bent upon his work.

  48. He then took a bright globe of glass from his pocket, and by concentrating his gaze upon it and making a strong mental effort, he succeeded in throwing himself into the same condition.

  49. All his limbs were huge and yet emaciated, and I could not take my gaze from his knobby wrists, and long, gnarled hands.

  50. Something in her voice made him almost sorry he had intervened; if she stood in need of help of any sort it was not apparent, and her gaze was confusing.

  51. The trackmen stopped work to look, but her attitude in their gaze was one of impatience rather than of embarrassment.

  52. Methinks, as I gaze on you, I could almost deem myself Sir Reginald, and you his bride, the Lady Eleanor.

  53. With that feeling of independence and exhilaration which every one feels, we believe, on having climbed the hill-side, Turpin turned to gaze around.

  54. Sybil, maintaining an unmoved demeanor under the lynx-like gaze of Barbara.

  55. She fixed her eyes with a look of keen and angry inquiry upon the bold intruder, who, nothing daunted, confronted her glances with a gaze as stern and steadfast as her own.

  56. Only to gaze into the hollow of a cellar once the foundation of a Gotro home, or upon the deathless willow that grew in the place of a people's love and marked the home of a trustful peasantry.

  57. Len soon turned his gaze again to the island, and caught sight of the last of the kindly smile in the eyes still looking him through.

  58. See the Government soldiers flee away, And turn and fearfully gaze at me.

  59. A muscular, unsmiling man on Zimbardo's right swung his gaze to the speaker.

  60. The leader took a quick inventory of the prisoners, and then settled his gaze on George.

  61. His gaze went far past the lunar mountains into the distant sky where Mars was just rising, a tiny red point.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gaze" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    gaze upon; gazed around; gazed down; gazed upon