gawp
verb (used without object)
to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape.
were gawping
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past progressiveof gawp.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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Just a few minutes earlier we were gawping at 30 Are Better Than One, that pop-art spectacular with its recurring Da Vincis.
From The Guardian ā Nov. 12, 2018
Crabbe and Goyle were gawping at Malfoy; apparently they had had no inkling of any plans to move on to bigger and better things.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
