The phrase "admiring gaze" is correct and usable in written English.
It is generally used to describe someone looking at another person or object with admiration, awe, or respect. Example: She couldn't help but blush under his admiring gaze as he complimented her artwork.
The admiring gaze that matters most to them is their own.
For Foote, acting — with its gratifying thrill of being taken in by the admiring gaze of others — provided a simulacrum of his family's adoration.
However, Geraghty was not the only Saint to shine before the admiring gaze of England manager Martin Johnson in a truly epic Heineken Cup Pool One opener.
These are backdrops for carefully managed photoshoots and the admiring gaze of foreign visitors – who would be much more impressed by the period features that they're busy tearing out.
That is, he broadens the definition of theater to include such things as football games, wedding ceremonies, public executions, even "the young woman who makes espresso, with great panache, to the admiring gaze of her customers".
Casting himself in the role of Donissan's superior, Pialat fixes his admiring gaze on Depardieu from both inside and outside the frame and delivers lines that seem to be addressed to the character and the actor alike: "Your retreat will be a time of bitter trial and moral loneliness.... You'll be alone on your chosen road".
Today, the sole occupant lives off a couple of cows and herbs, yet looks well enough to provoke admiring gazes from female passengers, perhaps dreaming of their own castaway experience.
You are simply the most fascinating person ever to the admiring gazes around you every time you walk outside.
You can't enjoy the admiring gazes of others if no one likes you.
Her adopted sister, Prudence, is the beautiful one who attracts many admiring male gazes, but she is difficult to know: an icy, self-contained girl who holds intimacy at bay.
At least, it's surprising until you suffer through something like Sally Potter's "The Tango Lesson". Potter, a British director ("Orlando"), performance artist and former dancer, has trained the script and camera on herself with such a steady, self-admiring gaze, it almost forces you to look away.
