When I walked along the western wall of the Kaaba, the Clock Tower felt like a concrete djinn staring down at me, dwarfing the mosque.
Twelve-year-old Syed leans into a narrow concrete wall, staring at its rough grey surface as if his eyes could drill a hole to help him escape from his life.
"He sat on the bumper... and massaged his chin and cheeks, staring at the concrete... his breath streaming up in a vanishing ribbon.
After a Djokovic forehand swerved wide on match point, Nadal slid to the court, smothered his face, rolled onto his stomach, and lay prone, staring at the concrete long enough for his opponent to walk all the way from the other baseline to congratulate him.
I must have mentally run those hurdles a thousand times from the back-aching discomfort of my four-inch mattress atop cold steel, staring at that concrete ceiling, wondering where my life might have ended up if I had just joined something ― anything.
A night watchman noticed him staring at an unfinished concrete apartment complex across the road.
Hence the stations are a parade of Constructionist abstractions, stylized log cabins, sleek neo-Classical monoliths and other architectural surprises staring out at diminutive concrete villages — monumental anchors to unbuilt cities.
Passengers crowd the open top decks, staring up at the concrete massif surrounding them and peering into the teeming ships a few feet away.
I'm in the yard, staring up at the concrete-colored clouds, when my last name and prison number erupt from the loudspeaker atop the wall, announcing I have a visitor.
I'm in the yard, staring up at the concrete-coloured clouds, when my last name and prison number erupt from the loudspeaker atop the wall, announcing I have a visitor.
