Example Sentences

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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

Movie stars didn’t like being gawked at by tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 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

As we went along, passersby stopped and gawked at us in silence.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi