Example Sentences

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After all, the same crowd that came to its feet after Fuller’s interception had gasped when Taylor Heinicke’s passes sailed into double and sometimes triple coverage.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2022

Ms. Espirito Santo, 23, had gasped, according to a police report.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021

This was the third time my soldier-sturdy husband had gasped, looking like a fish at the end of a line, fighting for air.

From Salon • May 9, 2020

He had tried the lines out on Pirnot at home, and she had gasped.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2019

She had gasped when he touched her, and her eyes had flown wide.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor