gawks
Example Sentences
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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
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
Carolyn Hax advises a woman whose husband gawks at pretty women online and describes himself as an arrogant liar.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2017
Awaiting glitterati arrivals for a red-carpet event down the block, the crowd gawks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2016
A middle-aged couple sitting on a bench by the front door gawks unabashedly.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
