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as in to stare
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class

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noun

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Recent Examples of ogle
Verb
The houses lining the fairway are fun to ogle too: beautiful and classic Cape up close (but not too close; signs ask you not to search for balls on private property). Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 9 May 2024 Arriving by bike at whichever retail mecca, like the Garden State Plaza or Willowbrook Mall, my friends and I would roam the grounds, popping into a Spencer Gifts to ogle the latest novelty items or checking out the make-your-own-T-shirt emporium. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023 The other two ogle a 2-inch Peter Venkman. Amy Paturel, M.s., Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for ogle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
  • The clip ended with Dwayne staring at the camera frowning.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
  • For better or worse, Summers is staring at a largely blank slate.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There are also two inward-facing cameras that track the direction of the user's gaze, plus there are two inward-facing displays, one in front of each eye.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Children in the background looked hollow-eyed and lost, unable to meet her gaze.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Congressional Republicans are eyeing dozens of Biden administration regulations to roll back once President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in for his second term on Monday.
    Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But some investors have been eyeing it, including Trump's former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and billionaire businessman Frank McCourt.
    MARK SHERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Verb
  • Won’t everyone gawk at that weirdo claiming a table for one?
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
  • As the other two winners would gawk during the tours of the locker room and practice facility, Rupert would hang on every word from Batum, soaking in the advice: Be unselfish … make the extra pass … play defense … don’t try to do too much … work hard.
    Jason Quick, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Jayne and their team also realized additional implications after studying and extrapolating the scalability ratio between their mouth gapes and cranial structures.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
  • That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Meanwhile, here’s just a peek at the top spots on the list.
    Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The frenzy around the look reached its peak when Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg was captured on camera appearing to sneak a peek at Sanchez’s bosom.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • By the end of February, Saturn will be obscured by the glare of the sun.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Most North American observers will be able to watch as the moon passes in front of more than a few stars in this cluster (called an occultation) within a few hours, amid the dazzling lunar glare.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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