gasp

Example Sentences

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Between gasps, Dalton asks, “What do we win if it’s not a real place?”

From Literature

Gran gasps, her hand flying to her mouth, and Dad’s eyes cut me with a glare that, until now, has always been reserved for Mom.

From Literature

Safe in that pocket of disrupted current, the girl rested, coughing and gasping for breath.

From Literature

Further along the table, a three-tiered honey cake sits near a wholemeal plum cake with spiced icing, while a Swedish princess cake draws gasps of admiration with its dome of sponge, jam, custard and marzipan.

From BBC

But she was most nervous about facing returning champion Bob Mortimer, who entered season two to a chorus of dismayed gasps.

From BBC