gape

Example Sentences

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He hands me a check and I gape at him.

From Literature

But soon after, he’d seen his reflection in a glassy pond, his left eye socket gaping grotesquely above his snarled whiskers.

From Literature

The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced.

From Barron's

In front of us a gaping black interior appeared.

From Literature

Beneath the shadowing shawl her head was tied up with a rag – to keep her dead jaw from dropping in one final gape.

From Literature