gaped
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She studied every sob she heard, She watched each dying hope she found; And yet she understood not one Poor sorrow there that like a wound Gaped, bleeding, pleading—for one word— No?
From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred
Her frowning ports, where, at the Admiral’s beck, Grim-visaged cannon held the foe in check, Gaped for the frolic of the minnow bands.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd
The champ of teeth was over, and the reeking room Gaped for the speeches now.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
