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gazing

/ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act by which somebody gazes.

Plural gazings

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The Lion was angry at this speech, but could say nothing in reply, and while he stood silently gazing at the Ball of Fire it became so furiously hot that he turned tail and rushed from the room.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 75 · B2
I looked back as I rounded the far end of it, and saw that they were still talking very earnestly together, and, as they were gazing after me, it was clear that it was our interview that was the subject of their debate.
The Valley of Fear, p. 65 · C1
Sometimes she stood mute and motionless as a statue, looking towards Marseilles, at other times gazing on the sea, and debating as to whether it were not better to cast herself into the abyss of the ocean, and thus end her woes.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 127 · C1
Anne was sitting on the yellow chair by the window gazing mournfully out into the garden.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 72 · C1

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