gasper

Example Sentences

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I gasped loudly, the lone gasper in a room of eight-odd souls.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2018

"Anybody aboard?" he bellowed as he wandered through the metal guts of the old gasper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Former jocks chose push ups or the old football squad gasper, running in place; veterans of yoga groups did yoga bends; dancers did dancers' stretches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wherefore, ye men and maids who chant, Refrain at all costs from exasper- ating The Morning Post, which can't Abide the methods of the gasper.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Attorneys need, before they start, Five years of training, but the grasper Who grudges one to vocal art Will end, as he began, a gasper.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir