This, then, becomes a matter of who can outstare whom.
"A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis"
Melvin Powers
She was tempted: for during the last few minutes the fire of her situation had enlightened her understanding upon a subject far from her as the ice-fields of the North a short while before; and the prospect offered to her courage if she would only outstare shame and seem at home in the doings of wickedness, was his loathing and dreading so vile a young woman.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
We were less than a skiff's length apart, each trying to outpose and outstare the other.
"Roof and Meadow"
Dallas Lore Sharp