gawked

Example Sentences

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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

They gawked at the pallets of foie gras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 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

Some kind of hunchback with three eyes and a long tongue gawked from a banner stretched over the street.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older