He stared at the woman out of his crystalline lenses.

We're staring down the barrel of a $400 billion deficit.

And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits.

The duo fall to the ground and stare at each other during a game of football.

His mouth opened; he stared as at a ghost out of the past.

She just stared right back, her eyes full up of hard metal.

They stared at each other, both of them shaken and confused.

Who were staring, all of them, at one place in the Hall.

How did she know I'm staring down the barrel of a major birthday and feeling vulnerable?

Well, she had noticed him herself, but you couldn't stare of course.