goggled

verb

past tense of goggle
as in stared
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade

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Recent Examples of goggled Seeing her daughter in that state, babbling nonsense and barely able to stand, Letizia had goggled with the watery eyes of a sickly old lady. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026 After a triumphal return to the United States in 2022, where spectators goggled at sumo wrestling in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, and crooned along with Lionel Ritchie during the closing ceremony, the event has moved to Chengdu, the emerging sports hub of western China. — Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggled
  1. stared
  2. gawked
  3. gazed
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  • Clancy stared at the jury with no expression when Sullivan earlier explained to the courtroom that the jurors were at a standstill.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Dos Santos stared toward the clock in amazement after finishing the 400-meter hurdles Thursday night at the Diamond League meet in Zurich.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of stared
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  • People in surrounding cars gawked, waved and, in one instance, rolled down their windows to shout something that went unheard, as Bonelli explained that the van had internal cameras that were always on but not always being watched.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On Thursday, the nuisance from the wings was the one being gawked at by a cast young enough to be his kids — a detail Wilson clocked from backstage.
    — Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of gawked
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  • In the box, jumpers gazed up at several large monitors that displayed maps and live weather updates.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • On Air Force One, somewhere above Alaska, White House communications director Steven Cheung gazed out at the Northern Lights.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of gazed

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