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View definitions for gasp

gasp

noun as in sharply drawn breath

verb as in draw breath in sharply

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Example Sentences

Gabriela entered the United States more than two decades ago, gasping for breath under a pile of corn stalks in the boot of a smuggler's car.

From BBC

The ringside doctor took a look at Serrano after another clash of heads in the fifth, as the crowd gasped at the close-up on the big screen.

From BBC

Another video showed him "gasping for breath" before Shemwell phoned emergency services on the evening of 2 January, and he was taken by an ambulance to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.

From BBC

I would guess that most of America either gasped or laughed when they heard.

From Salon

Children coming to see the green dinosaur will gasp before their parents do.

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

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