gawk

Example Sentences

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Upon visiting the day cares, Shirley and his middle-aged male partner, David, discover the centers have locked their doors and won’t let them in to gawk at the children.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

Those tumors would often cause passersby to gawk cruelly, which made Pearson feel an unlikely kinship with the notable figures who stopped by the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

Biopics should not be a lookalike contest, where audiences gawk at the screen, inspecting the performance with opera binoculars to see just how closely an actor can come to mirroring their real-life subject.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

I crouched down beside Gum Baby and tried not to gawk at the size of everything around me.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia