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
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He ~d at me bleakly and said nothing.
▪ coldly , coolly , defiantly , fiercely , stonily
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She ~d at him stonily as he came in.
▪ curiously , quizzically , suspiciously , thoughtfully
▪ silently
▪ just , merely , simply
▪ (for) a moment
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For a long moment they just ~d at each other.
▪ still
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He was still staring at himself in the mirror.
▪ across , ahead , around , back , down , out , straight ahead , up
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She ~d back at him.
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He ~d straight ahead and did not move.
VERB + STARE
▪ seem to
▪ continue to
▪ turn to
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Everyone in the room turned to ~ at her.
▪ pause to , stop to
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪ across , around , through
▪ after
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She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her.
▪ into , out of
▪ in , with
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I ~d in horror at his bloody mouth.
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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 ~
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It was too cold to stand and ~.
▪ ~ into the abyss ( figurative )
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His party was staring into the abyss.
▪ ~ into space
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She was just sitting there, staring into space.
Stare is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ face , ↑ reflection