STARE


Meaning of STARE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ fixedly , hard , intently , unblinkingly

I could see a man staring at me intently.

▪ steadily

▪ impassively

▪ absently , blankly , uncomprehendingly , vacantly

She ~d blankly at the brick wall in front of her.

▪ disbelievingly , incredulously , open-mouthed , wide-eyed , wildly

I ~d at him open-mouthed, unable to speak.

▪ bleakly , gloomily , glumly , helplessly , morosely

He ~d at me bleakly and said nothing.

▪ coldly , coolly , defiantly , fiercely , stonily

She ~d at him stonily as he came in.

▪ curiously , quizzically , suspiciously , thoughtfully

▪ silently

▪ just , merely , simply

▪ (for) a moment

For a long moment they just ~d at each other.

▪ still

He was still staring at himself in the mirror.

▪ across , ahead , around , back , down , out , straight ahead , up

She ~d back at him.

He ~d straight ahead and did not move.

VERB + STARE

▪ seem to

▪ continue to

▪ turn to

Everyone in the room turned to ~ at her.

▪ pause to , stop to

PREPOSITION

▪ at

▪ across , around , through

▪ after

She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her.

▪ into , out of

▪ in , with

I ~d in horror at his bloody mouth.

He just ~d at her with disbelief.

PHRASES

▪ sit staring , stand staring

I sat staring at the ruins of the building.

▪ sit and ~ , stand and ~ , stop and ~

It was too cold to stand and ~.

▪ ~ into the abyss ( figurative )

His party was staring into the abyss.

▪ ~ into space

She was just sitting there, staring into space.

Stare is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ face , ↑ reflection

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .