gape

Scientology remains this subgenre’s biggest recurring star, even as we seasonally gape at and praise the high-power talent that legitimizes it.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

One would expect a more forceful reaction, but Margaret does little more than gape and then move on.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

As geology fans gape at video feeds that show incandescent rocks blowing from El Popo’s peak, those who live along its flanks have watched with respect and a noteworthy lack of trepidation.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023

Mr Kinnock, who was director of the British Council in St Petersburg from 2005 to 2008, said time spent there taught him there was a huge gape between the Russian public and the country's leadership.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2022

All along the benches men put down their cups and spoons to turn and gape at the grisly spectacle.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The crater gapes at about 13 miles wide and 2.6 miles deep.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

The line of the river now gapes like an open wound, perhaps a hundred metres across in places.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2023

When pipes experience a catastrophic failure, the breach typically is much bigger, what’s referred to in the industry as a "fish mouth" rupture because it gapes wide like the mouth of a fish, he said.

From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021

He gapes at and complains about the ridiculous stunts, offering sly commentary on the inexplicable occurrences as a way of getting out in front of the inevitable disbelief.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2021

He just gapes at me, like he’s trying to process that.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

The question many are asking with gaped jaws: How could this have possibly happened?

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Customers have gaped at his portion sizes, he said—one woman ordered a plate of nachos and consumed roughly four bites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Far out in the desert, the researchers gaped at the six-foot-long femur, the jaw, teeth, and base of the crest.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

Members of a nearby church stood and gaped.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

The wringmaster was holding one arm out, making a gate behind which the wringers gaped.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Rather than flattening payroll disparities, however, the gap between high-spending teams and small-market clubs has created a gaping chasm over the past three decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Just two years after the 62-year-old actor snapped up the modern 4,000-square-foot home, shocking images have revealed extensive damage outside the residence, with the collapse cracking open the sidewalk and leaving behind a gaping hole.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

"We have to remove the band-aid and then look at the sore, the gaping wound that's present," Asare says about what he sees as real "reparations".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

He discussed feeling immense grief and how that grief can leave a gaping hole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Their elongated faces and gaping mouths reminded Aru of that Edvard Munch painting her Art teacher had once shown the class.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi