gasped
Example Sentences
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Many in the audience laughed and applauded, when they should have gasped or moaned.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
I caught the film at a recent matinee in New Orleans, and children and adults alike gasped at Harryhausen’s movie monsters – from the looming metal colossus of Telos to the hissing and slithering Hydra.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The audience gasped and then cheered as the Saltburn and Gone Girl actor said she hoped the person was a doctor and that their message had been "very important".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
As young men flinched and gasped around me at the Los Angeles premiere of “Obsession,” I almost had to laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
And so he stumbled and nearly fell as she gasped and cannoned into Allun, standing still and almost invisible in the dimness.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
