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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Photo: Courtesy of AMPAS The Winners … Best Picture: The Last Emperor
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher, Moonstruck
Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
Half of the fun of poring over class photos is gasping at the most famous face tucked into the lineup.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
McClung jumped over the car, took the ball and did a reverse, behind-the-head dunk drawing gasps from the crowd and a 50.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The man gasped his last breath, then fell silent with a trickle of blood on his chin.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Photo: Courtesy of AMPAS The Winners … Best Picture: The Last Emperor
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher, Moonstruck
Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
Half of the fun of poring over class photos is gasping at the most famous face tucked into the lineup.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
Jon Gries absolutely deserves the millions of gasps his unannounced return, as the late Tanya McQuoid’s (Jennifer Coolidge) diabolical widower Greg Hunt, on Sunday surely evoked.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
McClung jumped over the car, took the ball and did a reverse, behind-the-head dunk drawing gasps from the crowd and a 50.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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While in its kennel, a dog may pant more, lick its lips more often, or freeze, resembling a statue.—
Katie Liu,
Discover Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And when the two were finally combined last year, with Saks Global absorbing its longtime competitor in a $2.7 billion deal, there was a tentative sigh of relief among the brands that sold their goods to Saks.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
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Given the current state of the world (insert deep sigh), a song about our collective anxiety couldn’t have resurfaced at a more appropriate time.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sotheby’s was heaving before the 7 p.m. kick-off, with packed seats and an excited crowd thronged at the back of the salesroom.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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As time expired, Tre Holloman heaved a shot from beyond halfcourt and sank it to secure the ridiculous victory for Michigan State on the road.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some earbuds claim to be noise-canceling but barely block out a whisper.—
Juhi Wadia,
PCMAG,
17 Mar. 2025
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There were also controlling parents and whispers of abuse throughout the industry.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, too, this is the same man who grew up on pastoral Oregon farmland, pushing himself on pre-dawn lifts, who nearly hyperventilated in the shower before one freshman-year playoff game at Crescent Valley.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Anyhow, Rose continues to get more and more upset and nearly starts hyperventilating.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Under the weight of the days, the sky murmurs, Broken dreams, whispering souls.—
Patricia Huon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Mar. 2025
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Philadelphia brought back Sirianni amid murmurs about his job status, and that conversation became more audible after the Eagles started the season 2-2.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Any time a leaf rustles in the outfield, the AI picks it up.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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There are footsteps and rustles — is that a door closing?—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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None of these moans are intended to dismiss the importance of clever in-jokes and references to past adventures.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Tonally registering as if carved from a medium-hard piece of oak, his transparent deliveries — mellow whispers, conversational assertions, longing moans, resolute cries — served as effective vessels for those character sketches and autobiographical reflections.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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