gape

Example Sentences

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The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced.

From Barron's

In front of us a gaping black interior appeared.

From Literature

Beneath the shadowing shawl her head was tied up with a rag – to keep her dead jaw from dropping in one final gape.

From Literature

At its foot, guarded by a solitary yew tree, was a cavern of darkness like a silent scream: a gaping stone mouth.

From Literature

The whole western wall of the building where I was working had become just a gaping hole.

From Literature