gasp

Everything was silent except for the rhythmic friction of skis on snow and our gasps of exhaustion.

And in a big departure from established royal protocol, Prince George might even get a—gasp—present to open on Christmas Day.

The virgin birth is mentioned in the...what...gasp...Koran?!

There was a collective gasp at both the four-letter word and the bitter sentiment it carried.

I am lucky on Secret Six to have an editor, Mark Doyle, who agrees, we want people to gasp out loud.

To be clear, I was not treading anywhere near the even more incomprehensible realm of (gasp) relationship definition.

With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.

She gave a sudden gasp, and then she appeared to be deeply interested in the gold fish in the fountain.

With a gasp of dismay young Richard twisted in his chair to confront this fresh and unsuspected antagonist.

With a gasp she felt herself falling straight down through a swirling vortex of sensation, to the very sand-bed of the stream.

Jimmy says the way his bloodhound had worked it all out made even Jones minimus gasp.