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Upon visiting the day cares, Shirley and his middle-aged male partner, David, discover the centers have locked their doors and won’t let them in to gawk at the children.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

To them, he is something to gawk at while patting themselves on the back for “accepting” him.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

Visitors strolling Hollywood Boulevard stopped to gawk at the gathering, which blocked two lanes of eastbound traffic in the busy tourist area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

Nearly 100 reporters still showed up to gawk at their greatness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

When Mother steps foot out of the house in her black Capri pants, why, they all just gawk and stare.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Anyone who sits through the end credits of a franchise movie and gawks at screens filled with hundreds of names of special effects and visual effects crew knows most of the is digitally animated.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024

The sweet little shrug that the grown-up, matronly Dakota Johnson gives to Dismukes, as he gawks at her younger self strutting around the stage, makes the entire sketch worthwhile.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024

You can’t get strangers to help you lay that foundation — the world gawks, it can’t help itself — but you can ask the grandmas and certainly the teachers to.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022

The census outreach organizer for the Boyle Heights-based Latino Equality Alliance said he sometimes wears skirts and other women’s clothing to church, eliciting gawks and stares from other parishioners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020

“This is a conflict you great gawks must attend to yourselves. The Fair Folk owe you no allegiance,” he said angrily.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

In addition to a steady stream of sellers, the machine also drew the attention of bystanders who gawked at the large sums of money changing hands at the unassuming corner of the mall.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Movie stars didn’t like being gawked at by tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

We gawked at the sea creatures — lobsters, soft-shell turtles, wriggling live eels — while she filled the cart.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024

I gawked about me like the greenest country lad as we were escorted to a massive square hall with a lead roof and high, arched windows.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

This is not about gawking at illness or punishing people for seeking care.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

In recent days, social media has been filled with videos of Europeans gawking at the staples of suburban American life—a two-car garage, a walk-in closet, a second refrigerator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

People watching from inside the building could be seen gawking and tapping at the glass, as Honnold moved past the enclosed observation deck on the 89th floor.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

Admiring the stationery and figurines at the original Webster’s Pharmacy and gawking at the endless array of birds at Steve’s Pets shop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

But Peeta holds his ground, actually waving and smiling at the gawking crowd.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins