looking on

verb

present participle of look on
as in staring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking on
  1. staring
  2. gazing
  3. looking
  4. gaping
  5. gawking
  6. glaring
  7. peering
  8. viewing
Verb
  • The banners of Hightower green burning in the night, Rhaenyra staring ominously through the flames.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Now, yes, staring at the ceiling long enough to draw you a diagram of the paint peeling.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of staring
Verb
  • Isn’t that what any of us wants when gazing into the mirror held up to nature, as Hamlet describes the theater?
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Soul gazing The following morning, the participants wake up with maybe the clearest heads in Nashville.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Definition of gazing
Verb
  • Along with the main shades in the lineup, there are seven color-correcting options that neutralize, brighten, and leave skin looking more refined.
    — Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • After the revolution, explained Miller, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton wasn't liking how the country's coffers were looking.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of looking
Verb
  • There’s a gaping hole where half of the building once stood, a project held up by lawsuits.
    — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Shaped like Wolverine's head, the bucket features a gaping wide mouth to hold popcorn.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of gaping
Verb
  • Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of gawking
Verb
  • Best Skincare Deals While the temperatures are balmy and the sun is glaring, skincare becomes that much more important.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • The glaring issue in England’s group stage performance stems from the drop-off in goal production from the opener to the final two matches.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
Definition of glaring
Verb
  • Having a stranger peering into your home – even if their field of view is limited – may not be what some potential buyers bargain for when ponying up US$8,000 for the privilege of never having to fold laundry again.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
  • The entire project highlights the mindbending beauty and potential history lessons from peering deep into the cosmos.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
Definition of peering
Verb
  • In a time of profound uncertainty, early Americans watched it closely despite poor viewing conditions.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 July 2026
  • Nielsen now captures out-of-home viewing far more extensively than in either prior cycle, which flatters every 2026 number.
    — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of viewing
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