gaze

Meaning: to look steadily for a long time

gaze in a sentence

How gaze is used in real sentences:

The children gazed at the colorful fish swimming in the aquarium.

Owen gazed through the window as snow covered the playground.

“Maya would gaze across them for several minutes, watching sunlight flash on wet sand.”
— from the passage The Returning Shore

Other words for gaze — stare, watch and regard — carry the same meaning.

Words that mean the opposite of gaze:

From Old Norse gasa 'to stare'

Your eyes stay when you gaze.