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Discover LudwigThe phrase "the staring" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to the act of looking intently or fixedly at something or someone. Example: "The staring from the audience made her feel self-conscious during her performance."
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the staring
verb
Present participle of stare
Exact(56)
When toddlers want to stare at you, the staring contest is on.
In between: oh, the staring.
The staring down.
My reflection plays the staring game.
Once the staring started, of course, it never stopped.
Especially that climactic scene — the one with all the staring.
The walk was incredibly uncomfortable, as the staring continued.
The staring never really feels malicious, just curious and rude.
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He repeated his experiment with "Crossfire" (2007), an earsplitting installation featuring closeups of guns firing, especially the staring-into-the-cylinder shot favored by action directors.
"Weird John Brown," Melville called him, in a weirdly contemporary locution, and for a long time he was shuffled to the edges of American weirdness, among the staring-mad homicidal nuts and assassins.
To them, staring is a signal that the staring-cat wants to be boss, and this is the last thing an abused cat needs in a new home, where you want her to feel confident and safe.
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