Example Sentences

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America has gasped en masse watching aliens detonate the White House in the movie “Independence Day” and, at 3 a.m. in Los Angeles, the telephone of its young star, Will Smith, jangles him awake.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021

"It has," gasped Amabel, falling against his shoulder.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Often has the life seemed gone, for the heart has been still; but minutes afterwards the animal has gasped, and then began to breathe once more.

From The Dog by Dinks