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Verbs to express ways of looking
Verbs to express ways of looking
1. Look
- Definition: to direct one’s eyes to something or someone, or in a specified direction.
2. Stare
- Definition: To look fixedly or vacantly at something or someone.
3. Observe
- Definition: To look at someone or something carefully and attentively.
4. Gawk
- Definition: To look at something openly and in a stupid way.
5. Gaze
- Definition: To look at something in admiration, surprise or thought.
6. Gape
- Definition: To look with one’s mouth open, in amazement or wonder.
7. Glare
- Definition: To look in an angry or fierce way.
8. Peep
- Definition: To look quickly and furtively at something, especially through a narrow opening
9. Glance
- Definition: To take a quick or brief look at something.
10. Ogle
- Definition: To look in a lecherous manner. (lecherous = showing sexual desire.)
Exercise
Using one of the verbs below, complete the following sentences.
to gaze to glance to glare to glimpse to notice to peep to peer to scrutinise to spot to stare to watch
- Where I used to live when I was a child, there used to be an old woman who__________________ at the people passing by from behind her sitting room curtains.
- When I gave her the contract, she __________________ every line.
- Can you ___________ the difference between the two twins?
- I was so busy minding my own business that I didn’t _____________ my best friend walk straight past me.
- Stop _________________ at me! You make me feel self conscious.
- Did you manage to catch a ________________ of that famous actress as she left the airport?
- I knew my boss wasn’t happy with me when I arrived late this morning as he just _____________________ at me as I entered my office.
- I _________________ a really good film last night on TV.
- Karen was very distracted at work the other day. She spent most of the day____________________ into thin air.
- I didn’t have time to study well for the exam. I just _______________ at my book for a few minutes.
- During the presentation I couldn’t see what was written on the overhead projector as I had forgotten my glasses. So, I spent the whole two hours___________________ at my colleagues notes.
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