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Recent Examples of gasp
Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
Shortly after Live welcomed a pet expert to explain how to conduct CPR on animals, the audience gasped as the camera cut to a wide shot of the cohosts sitting on a bench as a pack of live dogs ran around them.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
All as Felix gets a better gasp of boundaries.
—Jason Rantala, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Slayyyter shimmies onto the beat like an amoral John Waters heroine, cruising over the choppy momentum while recounting a toxic love affair in gasping Fred Schneider intonation.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
Shortly after Live welcomed a pet expert to explain how to conduct CPR on animals, the audience gasped as the camera cut to a wide shot of the cohosts sitting on a bench as a pack of live dogs ran around them.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
Each rendezvous, complete with soap opera–worthy drama—hoarding, cheeky teasing, Alex Honnold–worthy climbing, slow-mo acrobatics, and aggression that made gathered onlookers gasp—further cemented our similarities as species.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
All as Felix gets a better gasp of boundaries.
—Jason Rantala, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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As soft as pajamas yet lovely enough to wear out on the town (or around the ship), the micro modal fabric of these Saint Haven pants drapes elegantly, resists wrinkles, and has a relaxed fit that works equally well at a harbor-side bar or a breezy dinner ashore.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2026
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Dogs also pant to regulate their body temperature.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And that was such a sigh of relief to me.—
Regina Kim,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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My new friend looked toward the sky and let out a long and deep sigh.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In photo after photo, video after video, North Shore residents are painted in mud, scraping it off driveways, sweeping it out of kitchens and heaving it into trucks along with their household debris.—
Thomas Heaton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Bernabeu was heaving, the fans were longing their team back into the game.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The tart’s crust was barely there, just a buttery whisper under the fruit.—
Michelle Huneven,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The World Bank’s climate strategy, which sets a climate lending target of 45%, expires in June, but discussions on a new plan are being relegated to whispers in corridors, The Guardian reports.—
Chloé Farand,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But what makes the tune so neat are all the micro-weirdnesses: the airy bits that conjure up ghosts hyperventilating after running a marathon, the tinny tweakage that hits a third of the way in.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Apr. 2026
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Roscoe pulled over; his daughter started hyperventilating.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But murmurs of laughter broke out a few times when justices noted constitutional tensions in the case.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Both threw cold water on those murmurs, reiterating love for their respective schools.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the field, Harry Truman’s Approval Rating whinnied and tossed its head, and Richard Nixon’s Approval Rating flopped on one side and emitted a horrible gurgle.—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The sound of the waves and the gurgle of cascading water radiate a monastic serenity; the spa has a fine selection of hot-stone and deep-tissue massages.—
Chandrahas Choudhury,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Workers load stacks of textiles onto belts that move them through the scanner, which emits a sharp hiss while reading the textiles’ composition.—
Tian MacLeod Ji,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The multi-vehicle pile-up that ensues might go even dumber than a Rusko drop, yet there’s no escaping the anxiety that remains in the static hiss that closes the track.—
James Gui,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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