gawk
verb (used without object)
to stare stupidly; gape.
gawked
Example Sentences
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Another gawked in horror as a squealing toddler tore through the store while their mom examined the chocolate moon rocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
In addition to a steady stream of sellers, the machine also drew the attention of bystanders who gawked at the large sums of money changing hands at the unassuming corner of the mall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
We gawked at the sea creatures — lobsters, soft-shell turtles, wriggling live eels — while she filled the cart.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured the scorched earth of Friday’s 2-acre brushfire.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024
Yossarian gawked at Doc Daneeka in grotesque dismay.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
