agaze

American  

[uh-geyz] / əˈgeɪz /

adjective

1. staring intently; gazing.

   The children were agaze at the Christmas tree.

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Etymology

Origin of agaze

1400–50; late Middle English. See a- ¹, gaze

Example Sentences

After standing half a quarter of an hour agaze with my mouth open to contemplate this prodigy, I shook myself together, took heart of courage, crossed the bridge, and knocked loudly at my door.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo

Oft have I thee upon a hillock seen, Dream-visaged, all agaze at glimpses faint Of glimmering woods that glanced the hills between With Indian faces from thy airy paint.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

As the harbour was entered all eyes were agaze at this first contact with the civilisation of the Old World.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley

"The jungles blare, the glebe-lands low and bleat for Thee; the generations rage and go, agaze for Thee; creation travaileth in woe, with groans for Thee, agaze for Thee."

From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

Softly lighted, the whole colour of the place, with its vague values, was in cool fusion—an effect that made the visitor stand for a little agaze.

From The Ambassadors by James, Henry