rubbernecking
Example Sentences
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“It is pure rubbernecking and I can’t stop,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Twitter is perpetually a car fire, and its biggest advantage is that humans enjoy rubbernecking.
From Slate ● May 7, 2024
Other reality TV wedding circuses emerged from this primordial soup too, including a few that built an entire marriage-accessory block on TLC and a market for rubbernecking horror comedies like WEtv’s “Bridezillas.”
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
But I won’t deny the reason I inhale each episode is purely due to the rubbernecking of the trainwreck moments that I can experience from the comfort of my couch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
We’re inching along the corridor, rubbernecking, unwilling to miss a single link.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
