agape
Example Sentences
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The mouths of journalists were agape, but time dulls horrific reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Nghia spends the film with his mouth agape and his eyes wet and bleary behind thick prescription glasses.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
There I was, learning about the end of this particular chapter of democracy while trying on jorts 50 percent off at a Gap Outlet, my mouth agape at the not-surprising but still-shocking news.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2024
Rafael Nadal, left arm across his chest, feet levitating above the court and mouth agape, has just walloped a trademark forehand winner.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
He was sound asleep, in fact, knocked out cold in the backseat, his mouth agape, his expression blissful and unworried.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing agape
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