gape
Example Sentences
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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
As geology fans gape at video feeds that show incandescent rocks blowing from El Popo’s peak, those who live along its flanks have watched with respect and a noteworthy lack of trepidation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2023
Mr Kinnock, who was director of the British Council in St Petersburg from 2005 to 2008, said time spent there taught him there was a huge gape between the Russian public and the country's leadership.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2022
A pair of women on bicycles pull off the road and gape at the truck as its passes: some infernal lorry sent to blight their town.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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