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overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
He simply stared down his opponent
How To Use stare down In A Sentence
- So I stare down at the pool table and pretend to study my opponent's next move.
- I turned my head towards aisle three to stare down Vader, but I was afraid of being turned into a pillar of salt so I averted my eyes.
- Miss McFawn could stare down a cobra.
- (This assumes they have the fortitude to stare down the Chinese, who currently hold a whopping portion of US debt, and deny them something they really want).
- I will stare down the pack of cigarettes, matching wits and strength against tobacco.
- But she needed both eyes open to stare down the pressmen's union during a turbulent strike, build the Post into a media powerhouse and calmly preside over the premier newspaper in the nation's capital.
- It takes guts to stare down the barrel of a gun and lurch forward. The Sun
- I would writhe my shoe some more and stare down at the worn rug.
- We must also be willing to stare down the other great truth facing our collective moment.
- The Chief said once no one can stare down a shotgun .
