gape at

Example Sentences

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This morning, as his companions gape at the fluttering clusters on the branches, he begins scouring the ground under the trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2022

Branson’s Virgin Galactic “suborbital” flight will take him and his crew some 55 miles above sea level, where they will experience a few minutes of weightlessness and gape at the Earth’s curvature.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2021

Morbid is dashing off to Paris every other week to gape at the corpses on public display at the city morgue, which is what Charles Dickens and his friend Wilkie Collins did for fun.

From New York Times • May 23, 2019

We gape at dead cats, but the wolf is at the door.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2017

Maggie and Janet both gape at Bernadette, who steals a french fry.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith