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Example sentences for "stares"

Lexicographically close words:
starches; starching; starchy; stare; stared; starfish; starfishes; starin; staring; staris
  1. A sickly lamplight plays down upon his face, and he stares at you from cavernous eyes with a dreadful air of death in life.

  2. The young person surveys the prospect a while, and then wanders back and stares at the fire.

  3. He stares with wide despair-smitten eyes straight out, as though he had lately been stretched upon the corpse, but had risen at the sound of movement, or some supposed word of friends close by.

  4. Stares on thy mild departure; the dull owl Beats not against thy casement, the hoarse wolf Scents not thy carrion: pity winds thy corse, Whilst horror waits on princes.

  5. Unmindful of the awe-stricken stares he got from those about him when his identity became known, Mr. Lovejoy gained the rail and shoved aside a man who was actually making way for him.

  6. On that same Gothic porch, sublimely unconscious of the covert stares and subdued comments of the passers-by, the first citizen himself and the Honorable Heth Sutton might be seen.

  7. The judge, still grasping his Adam's apple, stares at the newcomer in amazement, and recognizes her in spite of the years, and trembles.

  8. Lifting his hands, with fingers spread, he stares at it; then looks again at JACK, clenching his fist as if to batter in his sleeping, smiling face.

  9. Taking up the box she stares at it; he rushes at her and snatches the box away.

  10. For once your master loses his self-possession, and stares unreservedly.

  11. I've no patience with folk as sits an' just stares at good bread an' meat.

  12. She stares at me so that she makes me feel queer.

  13. He stares at his daughter, stares all around him, closes his eyes, and lies slumbering on her arm.

  14. Mortimer stares at him, and unfolds the paper.

  15. Especially Mr Venus: who removes his pipe, draws back his head, and stares at the starer, as if it were his own Hindoo baby come to fetch him home.

  16. Doyle stops dead and stares at him with something like awe].

  17. She looks round for Larry; is puzzled; then stares incredulously at Broadbent.

  18. It looks straight up through the open door of the Carter Notch, and boldly stares Washington in the face.

  19. Eve shrilled at him, seeming to care no more than a wounded animal for the astonished stares of passers-by.

  20. His eyes grow dull, his jaw drops; the childish features with their prematurely aged look are furrowed with dread as he stares down at something below.

  21. Egholm walks over to the window and stares into the greyness without, his long, thin fingers pulling now and again at his dark beard.

  22. He points unmistakably to what he has observed, if he has a companion, and if he has no companion he stands still and stares with such honest intensity that the entire street stands and stares too.

  23. Piddie leans forward for another look at the flowers, and wags his head solemn, I edges around for a closer view myself, and Old Hickory stares puzzled.

  24. He stares like he thought I was batty, and then rolls his chair over closer.

  25. As for Daddy Ross, he stares like he couldn't believe his eyes.

  26. Then she stares at him sort of doubtful, like she could hardly believe her eyes.

  27. When Siegmund bids her rest she stares wildly before her, then gazes with growing rapture into his eyes and throws her arms around his neck, only to shriek suddenly: "Away, away!

  28. The stares seemed to him robbery and the girl's smiles faithlessness.

  29. The bows, moreover, were not now so profound as before, he noticed insistent stares and even looks of dislike, but still he replied affably and even attempted to smile.

  30. The eye ball pierces, And strongly stares with a stone-like gaze, Like a clear-wrought gem that is carefully set Into a golden goblet by a goodly smith.

  31. Then on wings of strength, 100 Proud on his pinions, he placeth his gaze Eagerly on the streams, and stares over the water Where the gleam of heaven gliding shall come O'er the broad ocean from the bright east.

  32. It may foam with abuse and bristle with perversion of fact; but it cannot obscure the unquestionable truth, which now stares everybody in the face, that a vote for Buchanan is a vote for all these bad things.

  33. At this he stops suddenly and stares at her in dismay.

  34. As he stares out of the window he wonders why she has left.

  35. And the stars she stares out at From the living room of the group home She remembers are other earths limping Half-free in the grips of other Dying suns.

  36. As he stares out of the window He wonders why she has left.

  37. An early death stares every one of them in the face.

  38. This very winter starvation stares many of the makers of the beautiful things in the face, and a franc a day is the poor pittance for twelve hours' work.

  39. ROSE stares straight in front of her without answering.

  40. JOHN, her eyes wide with horror, stares at the spot where he stood.

  41. JOHN throws herself on the sofa and stares at the ceiling.

  42. JOHN [Wholly awake now, stares about her.

  43. Trembling and kneeling, she crouches and stares at the floor.

  44. JOHN stares at him; SELMA gazes helplessly and confusedly at MRS.

  45. The way he stares at a feller that's gone a bit off the narrow way.

  46. He leans his chin on his hand and stares at the moon.

  47. She stares long at him, then runs behind the partition, whence her loud weeping is heard.

  48. Poor Addie stares at them stupidly, rubs her eyes, even goes to the window for a moment to take breath and clear the cobwebs from her brain; but when she comes back they confront her still.

  49. Robert raises a bloodless face and stares stupidly at his brother-in-law.

  50. His aunt stares for a second paralyzed, then rushes forward to snatch it out; but she is stopped by Robert, whose strong young arms pinion hers powerless to her side.


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