Example Sentences

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So were PSV fans, belting out his name, while pundits gawped at this teenage phenomenon.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022

VIP guests gawped as they entered a DIOR-branded tent to discover the makeshift country vista - replete with about 19,000 real poppies, wildflowers and flora planted on hills beside two reconstructed English country houses.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2022

“When it is all over, Eugenie will continue to live with an identity experienced by a tiny minority: as a fully fledged princess, gawped at, envied and scrutinized by all,” Bell wrote.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2018

The epigrammatic and empathetic Mrs. Kendal, who knows from striking poses and being gawped at, is a scene-stealing showboat.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2014

I gawped at him, thinking, Tell my parents?

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly