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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
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
Jordan was visibly startled when Davidson yelled from the auditorium as audience members gasped.
—John Ross, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Three years ago, the other members of Team USA all but gasped at his promise.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
The standing-room-only crowd gasped when Malinin gave up on the quad axel.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
When Heathcliff stuffed his fingers into Cathy’s mouth, a woman gasped and looked around the theater in disbelief.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
There were so many moments in my theater that the whole audience gasped at certain costumes.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 13 Feb. 2026
Thompson gasped loudly as the injection began taking effect, according to The Associated Press, before taking about a dozen breaths that turned into snoring sounds.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As the injection began taking effect, Thompson gasped loudly, then took about a dozen breaths that evolved into three snores.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The View's audience gasped at the observation, which Haines strongly countered.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
Jordan was visibly startled when Davidson yelled from the auditorium as audience members gasped.
—John Ross, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Three years ago, the other members of Team USA all but gasped at his promise.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
The standing-room-only crowd gasped when Malinin gave up on the quad axel.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
When Heathcliff stuffed his fingers into Cathy’s mouth, a woman gasped and looked around the theater in disbelief.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
There were so many moments in my theater that the whole audience gasped at certain costumes.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 13 Feb. 2026
Thompson gasped loudly as the injection began taking effect, according to The Associated Press, before taking about a dozen breaths that turned into snoring sounds.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As the injection began taking effect, Thompson gasped loudly, then took about a dozen breaths that evolved into three snores.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 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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Welcome to the Hotline’s Big 12 men’s basketball power rankings, a weekly assessment of the conference using analytics and common sense, with a strand of pasta occasionally heaved at the wall when mayhem is rampant.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Arráez fielded it cleanly off one bounce and heaved the ball to the infield, where first baseman Rafael Devers cut it off.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 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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The late actor was nominated in the category alongside her co-star Kathryn Hahn, who plays foul-mouthed studio marketing executive Maya Mason in the Hollywood satire.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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This somewhat familiar set-up is elevated by the show’s surreal sense of humor, as well as by the foul-mouthed Brockmire’s endless antics.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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