Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A female customer, who had been gaping at the door, came in for some Scots sniff; and I would serve her.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

Whether or not he had been successful in finding any traces of the mysterious thing they had been gaping at so long, Elmer did not bother telling them just then.

From The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost by Douglas, Alan

The elevator-boy had been gaping in seeming paralysis, but now several of the passengers—men 247 who doubtless were sure of their positions—were angrily ordering him to take the car down.

From The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Merwin, Bannister

Ward had been gaping at him in amazement.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

But the young woman, who had been gaping at the scene, suddenly recovered herself.

From Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn