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Examples of gawp in a Sentence
tourists in London gawping at royalty
Recent Examples of gawp from the Web
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Viewership of pricey cable channels is in structural decline, as people spend more time on services like Netflix (or gawping at their phones).
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Apps such as Facebook and YouTube are fine-tuned to keep users gawping.
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Less hands-on museum-goers can gawp at sprawling, fantastical jungles and cities created by amateur Lego virtuosos all over the world and rebuilt here at the mothership.
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The Phantom is a superb place to spend time, but locomotion adds little sensation beyond the fact that the view through the windows of gawping mortals starts to scroll.
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Residents peer from their balconies, filming a club of gawping journalists stationed outside.
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Her exploitation is laid bare when a tour guide arrives at the witch camp with gawping holidaymakers in tow.
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Less hands-on museum-goers can gawp at sprawling, fantastical jungles and cities created by amateur Lego virtuosos all over the world and rebuilt here at the mothership.
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Origin and Etymology of gawp
English dialect gawp to yawn, gape, from obsolete galp, from Middle English
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: to stare at someone or something in a rude or stupid way
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