- present participle of gawk.
gawking
Example Sentences
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This is not about gawking at illness or punishing people for seeking care.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Shooting in New York is a very interesting experience because you have all these outliers just watching and gawking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
"It's actually like looking at a digital image of your new dinosaur and gawking over it in the tent in the middle of the Sahara."
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Barnum gradually expanded these gardens to include museums and theaters, where families could do everything from gawking at unusual people or animals to watching performances of fairy-tale characters like Aladdin or Goldilocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
She tells us get away from the table and stop gawking at him having his tea and tells him to stop giving us bits of ham and tomato.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
