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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
David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Anabelle gasped for air for about three minutes before going still, body camera footage shows.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
View audience members gasped over the flub in the moment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
Twice, witnesses reported, Hopper gasped as the lethal injection drugs flowed into his bloodstream.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
The premiere audience gasped and snorted in disbelief as Stan and Reinsve suffer the indignity of an overreaching state — removing teens, tweens and an infant from their loving care.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2026
Barker gasped in recognition and delight.
—Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
When Harari told the same story on The Daily Show, the audience gasped.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
When Coleman ambled onstage, the audience gasped and broke into applause.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Anabelle gasped for air for about three minutes before going still, body camera footage shows.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
View audience members gasped over the flub in the moment.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
Twice, witnesses reported, Hopper gasped as the lethal injection drugs flowed into his bloodstream.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
The premiere audience gasped and snorted in disbelief as Stan and Reinsve suffer the indignity of an overreaching state — removing teens, tweens and an infant from their loving care.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2026
Barker gasped in recognition and delight.
—Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
When Harari told the same story on The Daily Show, the audience gasped.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 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.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And all around the ballpark, fans show their emotional investment with orange traffic cones – printed on shirts, turned into hats, tiny ones hung on earrings, and full-sized ones heaved unwieldily around the stands.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
4 May 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
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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This occurred one week before West and Amanda publicly announced their situationship on Instagram in a mealy-mouthed statement that sounded like it was written by ChatGPT.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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But his profile skyrocketed thanks to his sublime turn as the loud-mouthed Al Czervik, a real estate developer who runs afoul of Ted Knight's square Elihu Smails.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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