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Collocations for stare - verb

ADVERB

fixedly, hard, intently, unblinkingly
I could see a man staring at me intently.
steadily
impassively
absently, blankly, uncomprehendingly, vacantly
She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.
disbelievingly, incredulously, open-mouthed, wide-eyed, wildly
I stared at him open-mouthed, unable to speak.
bleakly, gloomily, glumly, helplessly, morosely
He stared at me bleakly and said nothing.
coldly, coolly, defiantly, fiercely, stonily
She stared at him stonily as he came in.
curiously, quizzically, suspiciously, thoughtfully
silently
just, merely, simply
(for) a moment
For a long moment they just stared at each other.
still
He was still staring at himself in the mirror.
across, ahead, around, back, down, out, straight ahead, up
She stared back at him.
He stared straight ahead and did not move.

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VERB + stare

seem to
continue to
turn to
Everyone in the room turned to stare at her.
pause to, stop to

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PREPOSITION

at
across, around, through
after
She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her.
into, out of
in, with
I stared in horror at his bloody mouth.
He just stared at her with disbelief.

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PHRASES

sit staring, stand staring
I sat staring at the ruins of the building.
sit and stare, stand and stare, stop and stare
It was too cold to stand and stare.
stare into the abyss (figurative)
His party was staring into the abyss.
stare into space
She was just sitting there, staring into space.

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Stare is used with these nouns as the subject:
face, reflection

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