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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
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
Verb
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
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In the opening minutes of the second period Saturday, Evan Rodrigues heaved the puck toward the net, just trying to just keep it from exiting the zone and keep the Florida Panthers’ on the offensive against the Dallas Stars.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers bought time, jogged forward to add momentum and heaved his final pass of the night.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 Oct. 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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Moviegoers' comic enjoyment was so prominent that at one point, a foul-mouthed viewer yelled for everyone to shut up.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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