Explore Gazed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gazed meaning
simple past and past participle of gaze
Using Gazed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of gaze
- In the example corpus, gazed often appears in combinations such as: gazed at, and gazed, gazed into.
Context around Gazed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gazed
- In this selection, "gazed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, daughter, bebe, tots, directly, lovingly and towards stand out and add context to how "gazed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as he gazed at this and as i gazed with longing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gazed" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gazed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Then I gazed quickly toward Mike’s containment cage. (9 words)
He gazed lovingly at her as he held a glass of fizz. (12 words)
His eyes are gazed at the local government allocation, that’s all! (12 words)
I stood against the wall in the basement of the campus’s gay fraternity, near the bar, nursing my cup of party punch and trying not to make eye contact with anyone, even as I gazed with longing at any number of men who passed by me. (47 words)
Back at the display, a group of young schoolchildren arrived in matching blue high-visibility vests, pressing their hands and faces to the glass as they gazed into the tiny rooms and circled the dolls’ house in single file. (39 words)
Last week, jaded 'boomers' wandering into the bottle shop for a nice bottle of single malt might of had a double-take when they gazed upon a familiar logo from an era long gone. (34 words)
His eyes are gazed at the local government allocation, that’s all! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
In her most recent Instagram Story, she stuck to the aesthetic she does best with a bikini picture as she stood tall and gazed at the camera with a serious look.
In Shawn’s office, he once again gazed at his service weapon before Paulina Price (Jackée Harry) interrupted with big news.
Nadia's daughter gazed at her as she gave the actress a gentle kiss on the cheek.
Once Finn was alone on Monday’s B&B episode, he gazed at family photos and flashed back to some Monaco reunion memories.
Posing against a wooden wall, Bebe gazed directly at the camera lens with a subtle smile.
And hat-clad tots gazed in wonder at the snow family, who came all the way from ‘Iceland’.
Back at the display, a group of young schoolchildren arrived in matching blue high-visibility vests, pressing their hands and faces to the glass as they gazed into the tiny rooms and circled the dolls’ house in single file.
He didn’t touch me; he just gazed at me and I left.
He gazed lovingly at her as he held a glass of fizz.
His eyes are gazed at the local government allocation, that’s all!
I gazed into the iPad screen with despair, worried I had traumatised the leading hairdresser.
In the first photo, Yanet stood by the window as she gazed into the distance.
In the snap, he gazed towards the camera with a calm expression while donning traditional Bhutanese attire.
I stood against the wall in the basement of the campus’s gay fraternity, near the bar, nursing my cup of party punch and trying not to make eye contact with anyone, even as I gazed with longing at any number of men who passed by me.
Last week, jaded 'boomers' wandering into the bottle shop for a nice bottle of single malt might of had a double-take when they gazed upon a familiar logo from an era long gone.
Little Mieczyś felt a sort of strange relief as he gazed at this imperfection in perfection.
On that autumn evening, the first anniversary of my arrival, I sipped a glass of wine and gazed out the window of my half-renovated house with a conflicting swirl of feelings.
The girls gazed at her shiny brown hair, spray of freckles, boyfriend with a car and wanted to be her.
Then I gazed quickly toward Mike’s containment cage.
They could be seen beaming with happiness in their matching festive pyjamas as they gazed down at their new bundle of joy alongside the beloved pet dog, Leo.
Common combinations with gazed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gazed at 25×
- and gazed 15×
- gazed into 11×
- he gazed 7×
- she gazed 7×
- gazed upon 6×
- they gazed 5×
- gazed straight 3×
- gazed directly 2×
- gazed up 2×