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
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
Moviegoers at a local theater gasped when their film flickered off and the manager took the stage to announce the war’s end.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
Moviegoers at a local theater gasped when their film flickered off and the manager took the stage to announce the war’s end.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasped
Verb
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Neal scooped up the loose ball before Wade could get it and heaved it over his head as Wade knocked Neal to the ground.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Flaming palm fronds heaved back and forth across the frame, and embers streaked the air.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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.—
Bryce Miller Columnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Nov. 2021
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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Comedian Heather McMahan, who served as emcee at the Ryder Cup’s first tee, apologized for participating in a foul-mouthed chant directed at Rory McIlroy on the tournament’s second day.—
Jenna West,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Barbara Ellis Sarcastic, foul-mouthed Jet Mason has been murdered, and has a week to find her own killer.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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