gape

The corners of its mouth, called the gape, stopped around the middle of its eyes and turned up, which someone described as a “Mona Lisa smile,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

But the company's wholesale volumes for the whole year were still down 9% at 6,030 cars, pushing its pre-tax losses to gape by a further 21% to £289 million.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025

Scientology remains this subgenre’s biggest recurring star, even as we seasonally gape at and praise the high-power talent that legitimizes it.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

One would expect a more forceful reaction, but Margaret does little more than gape and then move on.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Dudley had even looked up from his pie to gape at his parents.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

The crater gapes at about 13 miles wide and 2.6 miles deep.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

The line of the river now gapes like an open wound, perhaps a hundred metres across in places.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2023

When pipes experience a catastrophic failure, the breach typically is much bigger, what’s referred to in the industry as a "fish mouth" rupture because it gapes wide like the mouth of a fish, he said.

From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021

When pipes experience a catastrophic failure, the breach typically is much bigger, what’s referred to in the industry as a “fish mouth” rupture because it gapes wide like the mouth of a fish, he said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

He gapes at the fires surrounding the reservoir, surprised they’ve grown this far.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The question many are asking with gaped jaws: How could this have possibly happened?

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Customers have gaped at his portion sizes, he said—one woman ordered a plate of nachos and consumed roughly four bites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Far out in the desert, the researchers gaped at the six-foot-long femur, the jaw, teeth, and base of the crest.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

American executives at the Guangzhou auto show gaped at the car’s uneven purple paint job and the poor fit of its doors.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

“I should jump from the horse and run,” she said, waving at a young man, who gaped at what he thought was a court lady’s attention.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Across the road there is a gaping hole in an abandoned residential block.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

He saw a gaping hole where the walls had collapsed and realized he had accidentally sent the coordinates of his own basement location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Later, the vehicle was removed and a gaping hole was visible in the Metro bus’ side, with wreckage strewn around the scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Just two years after the 62-year-old actor snapped up the modern 4,000-square-foot home, shocking images have revealed extensive damage outside the residence, with the collapse cracking open the sidewalk and leaving behind a gaping hole.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

He was gaping at me like a hooked fish as I went out the door.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli