Stared

Examples

• The cuttle-fish had a face that stared straight from the heart of the light, very fixed and coldly intent. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Lestrade stared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Soon, from a score of the great windows, flames burst forth, and the stone faces awakened, stared out of fire. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He started to his feet, and stared at me in silence. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Pumblechook and Mrs. Joe stared at one another again, in utter amazement. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Pablo stared straight at the table. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He stared after her in a turmoil of contradictory feelings. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He stared at her, groping in a blackness through which a single arrow of light tore its blinding way. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The wonder and consternation with which Joe stopped on the threshold of his bite and stared at me, were too evident to escape my sister's observation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Franklin stared like a person thunderstruck. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And Charley--' Mary Anne was proceeding, when Miss Peecher stared. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She moved in the bed now, and stared about her at the room and us in it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She stared, then carelessly ran on: I am going to school. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They had not traversed many steps of the long main staircase when he stopped, and stared at the roof and round at the walls. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He looked quickly at Andr?Marty, who stared back at him like an old boar which has been brought to bay by hounds. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I could speak to Mr. Franklin's astonishment as genuine, when he saw how the girl stared at him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He coloured a little, stared at her--and suddenly felt the penetration of the remark. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He sat down before the fire, and stared at the old chair for half an hour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mrs Wilfer stared, but was helpless. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The friendly movers made such an obvious effort not to look at one another, that they might as well have stared at one another with all their might. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They, in their turn, stared at him; and Master Bardell, in his turn, stared at everybody. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He went off laughing quietly; and Eunice, leaning on the balustrade of the terrace, stared at the wonderful beauty of the sky. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• All of a sudden Maggy stared again, and this time spoke: 'I say! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The lady gave a violent start and stared in bewilderment at my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He stared in amazement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• For three heavy hours, the stone faces of the chateau, lion and human, stared blindly at the night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• After a long look at it he put the vial down on the table, and resting his head in his hands, stared intently at it, as if he expected the vial to make some answer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Everybody present, except the one wigged gentleman who looked at the ceiling, stared at him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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