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Collocations for stare - verb

ADV.

fixedly, hard, intently, unblinkingly
I could see a man staring at me intently.
steadily | impassively | absently, blankly, blearily, blindly, dully, sightlessly, uncomprehendingly, unseeingly, vacantly
She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.
dazedly, disbelievingly, incredulously, open-mouthed, wide-eyed, wildly
I stared at him open-mouthed, unable to speak.
bleakly, gloomily, glumly, grimly, helplessly, hopelessly, morosely
He stared at me bleakly and said nothing.
coldly, coolly, defiantly, fiercely, moodily, stonily
She stared at him stonily as he came in.
curiously, quizzically, suspiciously, thoughtfully | silently, wordlessly | 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, around/round, back, down, out, (straight) ahead, up
She stared back at him. | He stared straight ahead and did not move.

VERB + STARE

can/could only
She could only stare at him with pain in her eyes.
seem to | continue to | turn to
Everyone in the room turned to stare at her.
pause to, stop to

PREP.

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

PHRASES

sit/stand staring, stand/stop and stare
It was too cold to stand and stare.
stare into space
She was just sitting there, staring into space.

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