gape

Example Sentences

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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

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