GAZE in a Sentence

Learn GAZE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
244 example sentences for GAZE, such as:
1. I shifted uneasily under his gaze.
2. Nell was still gazing out of the window.
3. He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.
4. Her gaze met Michael's for a split second.
5. She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of GAZE
gaze
 n.  a long fixed look
 v.  look at with fixed eyes
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She continued to gaze at him through the twilight with a mien of wan authority, as of one consciously singled out for a great fate.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  Mattie's tender gaze was on him and she marked the gesture.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  He continued to gaze at her vaguely, only half-roused from his dream.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  As her eyes wandered from Melanie, she caught the gaze of Rhett Butler, who was not mixing with the crowd but standing apart talking to John Wilkes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Scarlett bore their gaze with a wide-eyed childlike expression.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  When she saw his eyes falter and drop before the long, troubled gaze of his father, a faint worry and bewilderment rose in her as to what was hidden in Ashley's heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  Scarlett began haltingly with the siege and Melanie's condition, but as her story progressed beneath the sharp old eyes which never faltered in their gaze, she found words, words of power and horror.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  He saw the flame of indignant pride in them and he dropped his gaze quickly to his plate in embarrassment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  Will turned his mild gaze on her and she felt, as from the first day when Ashley came home, that he knew everything.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  Before his direct gaze her eyes fell again in real confusion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  She quickly lowered her gaze lest he should look up suddenly and see the expression on her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
12  She looked at Frank so steadily, her eyes narrowing, that he became somewhat alarmed and she dropped her gaze swiftly, remembering Rhett's words: "I've seen eyes like yours above a dueling pistol."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  Scarlett gave her a sharp look and Mammy returned the gaze with calm omniscience.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
14  He turned his mild sober gaze on her for a moment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  Her eyes were red-rimmed from tears and, after giving Scarlett a reproving look, she turned her gaze back to Suellen, a fierce angry gaze that boded ill for her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  She kept her gaze level and her expression bland, but her teeth were gritted.
2  Robert held her gaze for a long time, his expression grim and slightly troubled.
3  There, I had a friend's face under my gaze; and what did it signify that those young ladies turned their backs on me? I looked at it; I smiled at the speaking likeness: I was absorbed and content.
4  As I laid her down, I covered her ice-cold and clammy hand with mine: the feeble fingers shrank from my touch; the glazing eyes shunned my gaze.
5  He paused in the ninth inning from his mass handcuffing of the Colorado Rockies lineup, to gaze around the ballpark and remember where he was, and what he was doing.
6  It looked all brown and black: elf- locks bristled out from beneath a white band which passed under her chin, and came half over her cheeks, or rather jaws: her eye confronted me at once, with a bold and direct gaze.
7  It was the most stunning surprise of the decade, and so profound was the sensation that it lifted the new hero up to the judicial one's altitude, and the school had two marvels to gaze upon in place of one.
8  He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.
9  I shifted uneasily under his gaze.
10  She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
11  Her gaze met Michael's for a split second.
12  The climbers stood on the top of the mountain, gazing at the splendid view.
13  When I wake up every morning, the greatest joy is gazing upon you and sunshine, that is the future I desire.
14  Nell was still gazing out of the window.
15  I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write.