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Recent Examples of gasp
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
When Harari told the same story on The Daily Show, the audience gasped.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Byron Hurd, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
Patrons didn’t need to know this statue was gasp Hellenistic instead.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Agnes gasps for breath as her imagination plays out terrible scenarios that she’s never been given words for.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
When Harari told the same story on The Daily Show, the audience gasped.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
While the Durango’s last gasp will go down as one for the weird-car-history books, the reality is that the volume V8 is dead, and with it, the traditional pony car.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
Patrons didn’t need to know this statue was gasp Hellenistic instead.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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Potential symptoms include rapid breathing, vomiting, panting and a high heart rate.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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The three points were the priority, and a nervy Emirates crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief at the full-time whistle.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Did Saturday’s outing feel like a sigh of relief?—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His groundstrokes rip through the court, but the power all comes from timing and the kinetic chain, rather than muscling or heaving the ball.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Byfield heaved a backhanded centering pass to the rear post for a redirection by Moore, the Kings’ first goal of the playoffs from someone other than Panarin.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These poppers start with the crisp, juicy snap of mini sweet peppers, which are filled with a creamy, tangy pimiento cheese spiked with smoky bacon and a whisper of black pepper.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
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The early universe, a mere whisper after the Big Bang, just a few hundred million years old — that's when the first stars and galaxies were starting to flicker on, like fairy lights across a cosmic dark.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
Verb
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She was even famously hospitalized for hyperventilating while watching a Lakers game from home.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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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
Noun
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The room filled with soft murmurs.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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One thing that sets him apart from a contemporary such as Pieter de Hooch, to whom he is instinctively likened, is a murmur that the stillness may not hold.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Her stomach made an audible gurgle.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The first seven minutes are a beatless drift of gas-canister hiss, intended to symbolize the sound of a baby emerging into the world.—
Ben Cardew,
Pitchfork,
2 May 2026
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Apple's implementation is natural and consistent, without the hiss introduced by Bose and Sony.—
Christian de Looper,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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