stare out
phrasal verb
stared out; staring out; stares out
British
: to look directly into a person's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away
—often used figuratively
They had stared out danger more than once.
Examples of stare out in a Sentence
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Imagine a kindly grandfather-type figure sitting by an open hotel window, staring out at the sea on the French Riviera.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
Visitors to Lincoln’s second-floor office in the White House shortly after he was notified of his friend’s death found the president staring out the window.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
As supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio danced in the shallow end of a sleek infinity pool, fashion designer Prabal Gurung stared out at the lush mangroves, swaying palms, and the glistening Caribbean as the sun dipped into the horizon.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
Working in the heart of Uptown, my everyday routine of parking in a busy deck, walking to my office via skywalks and staring out a 35th floor window continually amazed me.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
And to stare out from the children’s bedroom onto the gas chambers was extremely intense.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Anybody who remembers Victor Kiam staring out of their televisions in the late 1970s will know that there is nothing new about company bosses identifying themselves closely with their businesses and their products.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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These people aren’t just staring out the windows all day.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
Dawn was breaking, and Max was staring out the window at the minarets and minimarts and Soviet-era apartment blocks, a big grin on his face, translating the Russian-language shop signs for me.
—Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
Visitors to Lincoln’s second-floor office in the White House shortly after he was notified of his friend’s death found the president staring out the window.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2024
As supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio danced in the shallow end of a sleek infinity pool, fashion designer Prabal Gurung stared out at the lush mangroves, swaying palms, and the glistening Caribbean as the sun dipped into the horizon.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
Working in the heart of Uptown, my everyday routine of parking in a busy deck, walking to my office via skywalks and staring out a 35th floor window continually amazed me.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
And to stare out from the children’s bedroom onto the gas chambers was extremely intense.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Anybody who remembers Victor Kiam staring out of their televisions in the late 1970s will know that there is nothing new about company bosses identifying themselves closely with their businesses and their products.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The 13 best novels (and 2 best short story collections) of 2023
Dec. 5, 2023
These people aren’t just staring out the windows all day.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
Dawn was breaking, and Max was staring out the window at the minarets and minimarts and Soviet-era apartment blocks, a big grin on his face, translating the Russian-language shop signs for me.
—Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
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