look fixedly
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The subject is asked to look fixedly at the operator's right eye, and the operator stares fixedly at the subject's left eye, at the same time grasping his hands firmly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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What La Rochefoucauld said in 1665 is still generally true: "One cannot look fixedly at either the sun or death."
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When he came round, if you asked him his name he would look fixedly at you and say "Yes."
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
For example, let one look fixedly at a brilliant red object for a while, and then close his eyes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various
Hence “the beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes … till they become transparent.”
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
