Stares

Examples

• It must be awful to be sleepless--everything stands by the bed and stares---- Miss Farish caught her straying hands. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Sir Leicester pauses, stares, repeats in a killing voice, The young man of the name of Guppy? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They help him up, and he staggers against the wall and stares at them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mortimer stares at him, and unfolds the paper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She stares, trembles, and curtseys, whenever I speak to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Pesca roused me by stepping back to his former place at my side and speaking firSt. How the fat man stares! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lady Dedlock-- Sir Leicester raises himself in his seat and stares at him fiercely. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A time comes when the Greek mind turns round, so to speak, from its disputes, and stares in one united dismay at the Macedonian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She don't know me, Stephen; she just drowsily mutters and stares. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The trooper raising his head, she makes another poke at her esteemed grandfather, and having thus brought them together, stares rigidly at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Sir Leicester hears this tribute with so much surprise and stares about him in such a confused way that Mrs. Rouncewell feels it necessary to explain. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Look how he stares, Jack! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• 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. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After all, the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I only know three phrases of English, and a few words: par exemple, de sonn, de mone, de stares--est-ce bien dit? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He stares at it, aghast. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He stares at his daughter, stares all around him, closes his eyes, and lies slumbering on her arm. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Guppy stares. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I thought she'd suit Brooke, but he keeps talking to Meg, and Kate just stares at them through that ridiculous glass of hers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He stares at it with uncommon interest; he seems to be fixed and fascinated by it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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