gawk
Example Sentences
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Comedian Daniel Tosh even parlayed a desire to gawk at the web’s inept and unaware into a vicious update of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” that aired on Comedy Central for years.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026
To them, he is something to gawk at while patting themselves on the back for “accepting” him.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
But whether spectators were there to pay their respects to someone they admired or to gawk at the cortège for another one of Hollywood’s dead blondes is its own question.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025
Nearly 100 reporters still showed up to gawk at their greatness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
“I’m not some odd commodity that you can gawk at!”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.