Sentence examples for instead stare from inspiring English sources

"I chose to absorb the impact rather than cushion it by drinking or whatever, because I needed that focus," he said of deciding at a young age to never indulge in substances, and to instead stare down his personal demons.

You stop thinking about the sunset, the fading warmth, the gratitude you feel and instead stare into your phone wondering if sharing it will make you look cool.

Stop reading these simple black words and instead stare out at the snow.

Hugo stopped staring at his screen and instead stared intently at the houses, one by one.

The important point about the panels is that they reverse the traditional subject-object relationship: painting is no longer a passive recipient of the gaze but instead stares back at and talks to the viewer, expressing rudimentary emotions and desires.

For a long spell a section of the crowd turned their backs to the stage and instead stared upwards at a balcony containing Barack and Michelle Obama and former president Bill Clinton, wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea.

Yet how much more potentially subversive that moment might have been if Rick had instead stared, really stared, at that other font of male anxiety, that which can scarcely be mentioned much less seen in American movies (except for gross-out effect, as in "The Heartbreak Kid"), that true chamber of secrets: a vulva.

Mrs. Jackson also frequently complained about the questioning by the defense, saying "I already answered that question" several times and, when asked about gifts she received from Jackson, countered, "What does this have to do with the death of my son?" At one point on Friday, when she began her testimony, she stopped answering questions and instead stared straight ahead.

There was the occasion she came down with appendicitis and went to school in such pain she forgot to mimic her peers' social niceties and instead "stared at them with the dead eyes I had previously reserved for when I was alone".

People who didn't face life-endangering circumstances during Superstorm Sandy instead stared down approximately 48 hours of work-free, otherwise unscheduled time with nowhere to go -- wanting something, or perhaps someone, to do.

They didn't really look like they enjoyed the thought of poisoning the water supply, to be honest, but rather than express that opinion verbally they opted instead to stare at nothing while the guys in the blue hats filmed each exchange.