gawk
verb (used without object)
to stare stupidly; gape.
gawked
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
They gawked at the pallets of foie gras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
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
Before a Syracuse-Virginia Tech game matching the alma maters of his great uncle and father, Sturdivant gawked at the size of the players, the eighth-grader never thinking he could measure up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
When he handed it back, I gawked at the rose-gold adinkra resting next to Anansi’s symbol.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
