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gasped

verb as in draw breath in sharply

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In a clip posted to Instagram, crowd members gasped, then started booing.

It has been five years since May 25, 2020, when George Floyd gasped for air beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.

The venom of this shot was too hot for Bellucci to handle - and wowed the Paris crowd, who regularly gasped at Draper's power and accuracy.

From BBC

Other relatives gasped and appeared tearful as they sat metres away from the dock where the two boys sat.

From BBC

Sementilli, 51, gasped and broke down in tears, clutching her hands over her mouth as the verdict was read.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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