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View definitions for gasped

gasped

verb as in draw breath in sharply

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Mozejewski donned his costume and wore it out to Santa Monica, where excited trick-or-treaters gasped at his artistry.

“Oh mother Mary,” gasped one man as he walked through the devastation wrought on the village.

From BBC

“The Maoists have attacked the prison. People are being killed! I’m hiding in the toilet,” an inmate gasped into the mobile phone, his voice trembling.

From BBC

As images of leaves and algae swirled below, in front and above us, some audience members gasped.

“You should hide your head in a bag,” he said to cap off his tirade, and people in the audience audibly gasped.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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