She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.

The pipal tree — of course! She stared at its massive trunk, pale in the moonlight, and the sinuous branches and twigs silvery and ashiver […]

I realised I had been an A-grade fool.

Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […] MW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […]