He was staring at the wall where the picture had been.

She stared at the wall over my head and didn't say anything.

He turned away from me and stared at the wall.

She opened her eyes and stared at the wall, thinking.

I turned on my side and stared at the wall.

He turned his back on the box and stared at the wall.

And then he went back to staring at the wall.

They always did, even if he was staring at the wall.

She turned away from him and stared at the wall.

She stared at the wall, her sense of something wrong growing, then turned back to the fire.