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
  • 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
  • What could have been a really terrifying and unsettling scene, especially as the dead-eyed sheep stares ominously back at them, becomes just another goofy moment.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Morgan willing to take lumps with rookie kicker While Canales has been lukewarm in his comments about rookie kicker Ryan Fitzgerald, Morgan offered a more polished endorsement on Thursday.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These lumps typically develop in areas of the body where the skin rubs together, and can be recurrent.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Their gazes lock for what seems like an eternity until Conrad breaks the moment, asking for help to stand.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • During the competition, the losers are executed and the lone survivor is declared the winner.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But one this unique and anticipated deserved its own breakdown of winners and losers.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 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
  • 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
  • But as the company scales, complexity creeps in—more people, more systems, more moving parts.
    Kirk W. McLaren, Forbes.com, 18 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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