gape
Example Sentences
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But the company's wholesale volumes for the whole year were still down 9% at 6,030 cars, pushing its pre-tax losses to gape by a further 21% to £289 million.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
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
For some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to them, and when it spoke to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler’s trick while others gape at it.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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