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So-called rogues galleries allowed the public to gawk at images.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Redick said he was simply poking his head into the situation the way people might turn their heads to gawk at commotion in a bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

To them, he is something to gawk at while patting themselves on the back for “accepting” him.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

Some tourists are just people on vacation there to gawk, while others are influencers there for content.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

At the restaurant, we were shown to a table in a discreet corner of the room as around us people tried not to gawk.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Anyone who sits through the end credits of a franchise movie and gawks at screens filled with hundreds of names of special effects and visual effects crew knows most of the is digitally animated.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024

The best ones are also well-constructed and stylishly shot works that simultaneously elicit gawks and delight.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2017

Carolyn Hax advises a woman whose husband gawks at pretty women online and describes himself as an arrogant liar.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2017

Awaiting glitterati arrivals for a red-carpet event down the block, the crowd gawks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2016

The rest of my tour group gawks at me but I focus on Agent Fiona.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Another gawked in horror as a squealing toddler tore through the store while their mom examined the chocolate moon rocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

In addition to a steady stream of sellers, the machine also drew the attention of bystanders who gawked at the large sums of money changing hands at the unassuming corner of the mall.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024

She was gawked at every day in school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Everyone gawked at everyone else in oafish surprise.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

In recent days, social media has been filled with videos of Europeans gawking at the staples of suburban American life—a two-car garage, a walk-in closet, a second refrigerator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

People watching from inside the building could be seen gawking and tapping at the glass, as Honnold moved past the enclosed observation deck on the 89th floor.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

The rest of the “tiny” people in the St. Francis High gym are gawking in awe at his 7-9 wingspan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

The 66-year-old Sydneysider remembers gawking at enormous great white sharks hauled in by fishermen as a kid, back in the days the now-protected species could still be legally hunted.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

But it was his duty to find Doctor Warren—not to stand gawking at the little battlefield.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes