1.   He looked at her for a moment, trying to gauge her mood.

2.   He accurately gauged the mood of the voters.

3.   Bush advisers said that he and his aides were trying to gauge public mood and tailor their actions accordingly, with no historical road map to follow.

4.   But after gauging the mood, she began walking around the room and asking each child how he or she felt.

5.   Gluckstern said he has sat in the stands at America West Arena to gauge the mood of the fans.

6.   In recent months, people around Darnell Collins would gauge his mood by looking at his eyes.

7.   So far, both underwriting firms have been jockeying for position, delicately trying to gauge the mood for IPOs.

8.   Some moderate Democrats have been quietly sounding out fellow Republicans, and White House officials have begun trying to gauge the mood of a handful of moderate Republicans.

9.   Try to gauge the mood of the table, then choose promptly.

10.   All three pollsters carefully refrained from giving precise figures, saying it was impossible to gauge the mood of Russians.