gape
verb (used without object)
to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
will gape
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future tenseof gape.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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His mouth will gape: his upper jaw will reach the heavens, the lower jaw will touch the earth.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Oh dear! oh dear! when I put mine on on Sunday mother will gape.
From The Rebel of the School by L. T. Meade
Come, one fourth over my old share, and I will fill your purse so full of gold that it will gape like a stuffed toad.
From Master Skylark by John Bennett
This world boils over with trouble for you, and you are wondering where the next grave will gape, and where the next storm will burst.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
Sensible people will gape at the spectacle without admiration, and even the reader of the society column in the sensational newspapers keeps more critical detachment than he is usually credited with.
From The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 by Various
