gape at

Example Sentences

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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 can safely stipulate that Robin is a good shot without having the cast gape at imaginary arrows.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2018

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2017

Mrs. Clarke hustled her directly to the drawing room in such a flurry of chatter Penelope barely had time to gape at the grandeur of the house’s vast interior.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood