There was little talk among them tonight, and he stared gloomily at his boots.

He stared at his boots and sought the right words.

Duncan stared at his boots for a moment and then straightened.

Some of them stared at her boots or her cloak, and she knew what they were thinking.

For a moment he seemed on the point of saying more, but stared at his boots.

"But he is no longer a brave man," she murmured, staring at my boots.

All three of us became embarrassed and stared at our boots.

I was tempted to run away, but I just stared at my boots.

He was staring at a man's boots, not a meter away.

Others are staring at their boots wondering where it all went wrong.