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

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

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

Some tourists are just people on vacation there to gawk, while others are influencers there for content.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

At the restaurant, we were shown to a table in a discreet corner of the room as around us people tried not to gawk.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama