Example Sentences

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But she says that if anyone had described the scale of death and disruption to come, “I probably would have gasped at the thought of it.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2021

But she says that if anyone had described the scale of death and disruption to come, “I probably would have gasped at the thought of it.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2021

Oprah’s audience may have gasped and shaken their heads, he says, but the host’s talent of dispensing subtle absolution likely would have left the sense of Neeson’s story as a powerful cultural learning.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2019

Kim must have gasped at the good fortune he’d fallen into.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2017

I must have gasped, because the next second, Anise looks at me, and her face turns into such disgust that it’s clearer than ever that she thinks I never should’ve been born.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender