Miriam stared into her glass of wine, perhaps afraid to look at me.

Burke stared deep into his glass, as if searching for something important at the bottom.

Owens stared into his glass for a moment, frowning again.

He let out a breath, stared into his glass.

He nodded, staring into his glass, looking thoughtful and distant.

He stopped talking and stared into his glass of sparkling water.

I was staring into my empty glass, trying to make sense out of all this unwelcome data.

I stared into my glass as she went on.

So, instead, saying nothing, she too stared into her glass.

He stared into his empty glass for a moment, then looked up, feeling strangely uncertain.