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past tense of gasp
as in panted
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty the runner was audibly gasping by the end of the marathon

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adjective

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Recent Examples of gasped
Adjective
In August last year, women gasped in unison nationwide as Hague announced her split from Fury after five years together — and one engagement — via a statement on Instagram. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025 Ripa exclaimed after the audience gasped. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025 Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror. Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to those in the stands who gasped at the power during longer points. Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025 The Toronto audience cheered, gasped, laughed, and cried. Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025 Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to spectators who gasped at the power during longer points. Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025 After a moment, the woman gasped for air. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025 The crowd gasped before Pedro clipped the ball over the onrushing keeper and into the net. Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasped
Verb
  • Hurts heaved his Hail Mary attempt a play later.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Flaming palm fronds heaved back and forth across the frame, and embers streaked the air.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Black Phone 2, McGraw has been upgraded to the de facto lead actor, and Gwen’s foul-mouthed takedowns are even more vicious.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The shaky MacKenzie-Grant alliance will survive because Dougal will marry that boot-mouthed, hoity-toity Grant, Maura.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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