- present tense form of gawk (3rd person singular).
gawks
Example Sentences
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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 sweet little shrug that the grown-up, matronly Dakota Johnson gives to Dismukes, as he gawks at her younger self strutting around the stage, makes the entire sketch worthwhile.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2024
The census outreach organizer for the Boyle Heights-based Latino Equality Alliance said he sometimes wears skirts and other women’s clothing to church, eliciting gawks and stares from other parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2020
The best ones are also well-constructed and stylishly shot works that simultaneously elicit gawks and delight.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2017
Everyone gawks over how beautiful the cake is.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
