gawks 1 of 2

plural of gawk

gawks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gawk

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • In the picture, Duggar holds her son, who wears a gray onesie and stares into the camera.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These lengthening formulas prioritize coating each lash sleekly, with no bumps or lumps of product.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Charles gets boxed in by the camera, which gazes up at Anniston with near reverence.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Four of the men look at the camera, one gazes at the distant beach, another scratches his head, and the last, the uber-famous Frank Gehry, studies the sand at his feet.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the probe unfolded, Kelly Dever was one of several low-rent Canton losers who couldn’t keep their stories straight when questioned by the feds.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The houseguests then voted between the two comp losers, and when Julie announced the results, Will was evicted by a vote of 3-2 and became the season’s second jury member.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But some see broader social dangers at work as such ideology creeps into national politics.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • As the novel unfolds, Carson follows Lexa’s life at the foot of the mountain, as she is caught between loyalties to her family and to her betrothed, while the spectre of violence creeps closer by the day.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Strangely, all the clowns with Ukraine flags 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 in their bio are also all silent on this one.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The sheriff threatens to arrest Morticia on account of aiding and abetting a murderer, but Gomez points out that these clowns (the cops) abandoned Nevermore to protect Normies at Pilgrim World.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The Soviet Sputnik 5 carried mutts Belka and Strelka, 40 mice and two rats.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Gawks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawks. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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