rubber-necking

Example Sentences

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Erskine, also 31, deadpans while joining in on the rubber-necking.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2019

“MSNBC’s ratings may go up because of the rubber-necking factor to see how he does and because of the residual loyalty he has from his remaining fans.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015

He just seemed to like to watch the dog's rubber-necking antics, and one night, when he was dropping slathers of it to me, he studied the moves of the dog with unusual intentness.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.

I'd never have spotted him, if I hadn't been rubber-necking at the crowd, sort of counting scalps.

From Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

There is sure to be some fellows rubber-necking here soon.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)