[
US
/ˈstɛɹɪŋ/
]
[ UK /stˈeəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /stˈeəɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
staring eyes -
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
a thoroughgoing villain
utter nonsense
a perfect idiot
what a sodding mess
pure folly
the unadulterated truth
stark staring mad
a consummate fool
gross negligence
an arrant fool
a complete coward
a double-dyed villain
a thorough nuisance
How To Use staring In A Sentence
- Iin this case it uses the atomic unit of digital life - a single screen of data on a Palm, a little brick of reality we spend so much time staring at all day long.
- There was a deal of shouting from Jamie's direction, and general hubbub, as a few people came out of the pothouse, staring. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
- I felt something akin to the tender hatred one can sense when staring hard at a photograph of oneself.
- She was leaning against the wall, staring out over the still snowy landscape.
- I open my eyes and there are her deep, cold, violet, malicious eyes, staring at me.
- He lays it down on the workbench and stands there, staring out the window.
- He looked in the fogged up mirror at the reflection staring back at him.
- I spotted Adrian later in the afternoon staring at the distant tree line with a look of pondering in his eyes.
- Everything else slipped from her mind and she ended up staring at whatever caught her eye.
- He was staring down at the diary on the floor, which had fallen open when it had landed.
