Example Sentences

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"It's actually like looking at a digital image of your new dinosaur and gawking over it in the tent in the middle of the Sahara."

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Barnum gradually expanded these gardens to include museums and theaters, where families could do everything from gawking at unusual people or animals to watching performances of fairy-tale characters like Aladdin or Goldilocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

But if past habits hold, we may never be done with gawking at the well-heeled.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

"It's not about gawking at the brothers," she added.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

They weren’t gawking at me, unlike most of the other students, so it was safe to stare at them without fear of meeting an excessively interested pair of eyes.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer