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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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Recent Examples of gasped
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The crowd of 39,077 at Citi Field gasped and even applauded some when the replay was shown on the large videoboard in center.
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CBS News,
26 June 2026
As seen in footage shared to X and credited to Danish outlet Billed Bladet, the Queen gasped when her son headed in her direction.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Just then, Chinouriri gasped as Slayyyter started playing in the distance, and was back to dancing in her seat.
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Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
The former mayor flung back in his seat underneath the player, and the crowd gasped.
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Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Sibley’s family and friends gasped and put their hands over their mouths as the jury acquitted on the murder counts, while Popov’s mother cried in relief.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
The crowd gasped, then erupted in cheers.
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Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Verb
By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The crowd of 39,077 at Citi Field gasped and even applauded some when the replay was shown on the large videoboard in center.
—
CBS News,
26 June 2026
As seen in footage shared to X and credited to Danish outlet Billed Bladet, the Queen gasped when her son headed in her direction.
—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Just then, Chinouriri gasped as Slayyyter started playing in the distance, and was back to dancing in her seat.
—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
The former mayor flung back in his seat underneath the player, and the crowd gasped.
—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Sibley’s family and friends gasped and put their hands over their mouths as the jury acquitted on the murder counts, while Popov’s mother cried in relief.
—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
The crowd gasped, then erupted in cheers.
—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
—
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasped
Adjective
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This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.
Verb
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Pet owners spoke reassuringly to their dogs, who panted and pawed their owners, and to their mewing cats.
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On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
Adjective
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Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.
Verb
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Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin.
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Fans fought in the streets, heaved bottles, smashed windows and shouted filthy insults in the melee, which left nearly 50 people injured.
Adjective
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For many leaders, the phrase conjures up whispered alliances, opportunistic loyalty, self-interested maneuvering and the slow poisoning of organizational culture.
Adjective
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His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
Adjective
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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.
Adjective
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Molly Shannon portrays Lonnie’s foul-mouthed ex-wife Stacy, along with Jimmy Tatro, Fortune Feimster, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver and David Hornsby.
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Rob-Will's bloody-mouthed Rip retort was just as classic.
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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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