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Example sentences for "stood gazing"

  • She started at seeing Hilary; then, motionless, stood gazing at him.

  • Mr. Lavender, into whose mind there had instantly rushed a flood of public utterances, stood gazing at her haggard face in silent sympathy.

  • Mr. Lavender remained for a moment as if transfigured; then entering his garden, he stood gazing up at her window, until the thought that she might appear there was too much for him, and he went in.

  • There for a few moments he stood gazing at the school chapel, the cricket-field, the wide land beyond.

  • The title made Tom Candlish thrill as he stood gazing at the speaker.

  • I experienced this sensation strongly as I stood gazing on the setting sun pouring its bright rays fully on the old Tower of Lag.

  • I dashed aside the curtains and, like a man in a dream, stood gazing away at the white mountains, brilliant in the morning sunlight I had lost her; the iron of despair had entered my heart.

  • Upon the threshold I stood gazing inquiringly at them.

  • Captain Norton had risen from his seat and advanced to his wife, who, pale as death, stood gazing at him with a terrified expression upon her countenance.

  • The closeness of the door to the jambs warned me that an attempt to prise it open would be equally futile; and for a moment I stood gazing in perplexity at the solid planks, which bid fair to baffle me to the end.

  • For a few seconds, which seemed minutes to me, we stood gazing at one another in silence, mademoiselle acknowledging my bow by a slight movement of the head.

  • The place was soon reached, and, taught by experience, they found a better way to the prostrate oak, and after a little struggling and scratching, stood gazing down.

  • Samson, as he stood gazing in a startled fashion in the same direction.

  • The Bo's'n stood gazing at the glittering mass.

  • He shook his head anxiously as he stood gazing at Cynthia with a puzzled expression, as if to say, "What will become of her?

  • As these thoughts for and against were running through my brain, we stood gazing at the astounding figure of our principal captor, and he stood stolidly staring at us.

  • In dull, dumb despair he stood gazing at the men, at whose head the engineer-in-chief had again placed himself.

  • Thus silenced, I stood gazing up in his big-whiskered face, that seemed to loom over me, in the gaslight, and wondered why there should be so much form and ceremony over taking my word.

  • Her bright, fresh young face was the first pleasant thing upon which my eyes had rested since I came the night before, and as we stood gazing at each other it seemed to me that I could read sympathy and welcome in her frank smile.

  • Sage Portlock looked at him wonderingly for a few moments, and he stood gazing at her, his countenance growing less troubled the while; and no wonder, for Sage Portlock's was a pleasant face.

  • Times without number I stood gazing up at the dark mysterious rock, the spot held in awe alike by pagans of the Forest of Perpetual Night and true Believers.

  • Once again I stood gazing at the strange sculpture, fascinated by the device of the asps, the strange symbol that had linked Azala's destiny with mine, and the meaning of which it was my sole object to discover.

  • Leaning over the balustrade, I stood gazing down in wonder at the magnificence of the city I had conquered, and watching the breaking of the dawn.

  • Charley, however, stood gazing at his parent with a greater show of interest than he had hitherto manifested.

  • For some seconds he stood gazing down on the grovelling form of Mr. Hearty, an anxious eye on the bull which, with angry snorts, was battering the gate in a manner that caused him some concern.

  • While I stood gazing in absorbed delight at the beauty which everywhere surrounded me, Captain Derrick called to me from his little bridge, where he stood with folded arms, looking down.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ardent spirits; bow and; dwell together; finite being; foot pounds; great council; looking place; oval form; regular order; romantic love; scientific principles; show them; step nearer; stood alone; stood away; stood before; stood like; stood listening; stood looking; stood motionless; stood ready; stood silent; stood staring; stood stock; stood thus; this meeting