gawp

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gawp And best of luck finding something else to gawp at on one of the Big Four nets. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025 Through the Looking Glass The optimal viewing angle for gawping at your spatial creations runs over a 58-degree viewing cone. New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024 For others, gawping at the sheer volume and opulence of Ertegun’s stuff is its own illicit thrill, like rifling through the bedroom drawers of a hostess at a dinner party. The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 But earlier iterations of the fashion show were often peppered with inappropriate jokes at the models’ expense, with its in-studio audience being largely made up of gawping men. Tara John, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024 Early in the game, you’re given the ability to slow down time, a power-up that doesn’t just lead to inventive platforming across rapidly moving razor-sharp knives but the opportunity to gawp further at the spectacle. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024 As the men gawp on lustily and take locks of hair as a souvenir, a tear falls from Teixeira’s defiant mask. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawp
Verb
  • That video showed the cat staring sadly through a glass pane, showcasing yet again the intensity of her feelings about being separated from her owner.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The turnaround at Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren was staring irrelevance in the face when Procter & Gamble veteran Patrice Louvet took over as CEO and brought the fashion brand back to its luxury roots.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While there's plenty to gawk at on-screen, the movie's greatest legacy might be its ridiculously quotable dialogue.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But, as anthropologist and archaeologist Cyler Conrad writes, one perk was an abundance of exotic animals to gawk at or even keep as pets.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rosé gazes into the camera, her expression calm and professional.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Who among us has not gazed at the stars and marveled at how our eyes are absorbing light that traveled thousands of years to reach us?
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Gawp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawp. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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