gape
verb (used without object)
to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
were gaping
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past progressiveof gape.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But all of them had holes, and some were gaping.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2024
There were gaping holes visible in the ground.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
There were gaping holes on the exterior walls of the two-story house and shingles had been tossed off the building.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2019
Regrouping and retraining the army – and police – were gaping holes in trying to reconstitute an orderly civil society out of absolute shambles.
From US News ● Aug. 30, 2016
But now, instead of seeing the white brick and windows across the way and to her left, there were gaping holes where classrooms should be.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
