Example Sentences

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When cool, your bivalves will be gaping open; simply scrape them clean.

From Let's Collect Rocks and Shells by Shell Union Oil Corporation

It annoys me that all those stupid brutish faces will be gaping at me directly, pestering me with their stupid questions, which I shall have to answer—they'll point their fingers at me....

From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance