How to Use agape in a Sentence

agape

adjective or adverb
Definition of agapenext
Synonyms for agapenext
  • This left many ears perked and mouths agape: Why wasn’t the stock market reading the room?
    — Talmon Joseph Smith, The Atlantic, 26 July 2021
  • Tracey stood stock still for a second, her mouth agape.
    — Longreads, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, police also found Charles and Oliver, agape in the room at her side.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 May 2022
  • Some stretch downward, jaws agape; these are gargoyles, who vomit out the runoff of the rain (above).
    — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Dylan Cardwell clasped his hands behind his head, mouth agape on the bench.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Last week, or maybe the week before (the days fly by so fast), reporters were all agape with surprise that the electron was round.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The residents of Passy, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Paris, stood agape and apart and afraid.
    — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • The father of three shared a photo of himself to social media in which his mouth was agape and his eyes wide open.
    — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
  • But suddenly, his eyelids drew down hard and his mouth fell agape.
    — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The young bowlers’ choreography is enough to leave their teammates’ mouths agape.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
  • His mouth was agape and like, 'Now, wait a minute, wait a minute,' and this cop put a billy club under his chin and started marching him.
    — Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, 23 Feb. 2018
  • This version of Harland Sanders is slim and dewy-eyed, with his mouth always slightly agape.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • For most of the video’s more-than-10-minute duration, Lengyel’s mouth was agape in astonishment.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Brows raised, mouths agape, more sweat than usual trickling down the women's temples.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The decorative dome ceiling in the restaurant, which will leave your head tilted and mouth agape.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Shohei Ohtani left jaws agape, teammates stunned and fans nearly 500 feet away from home plate ducking for cover.
    — Tim Booth, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • Oliver Ames sophomore Casey Milliken wandered from the Tigers’ fan section, hands on his head with his eyes wide and mouth agape.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Collette's round mouth is still agape in terror, only now it has been plumped by scarlet red lipstick.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
  • All four coaches are up on their feet by the end and Kelly Clarkson, mouth agape, especially looks blown away.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • In the video, Silva appears oblivious to the request and continues to pace the length of the cell and stare out of its hallway-facing window, his mouth agape.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Fans lucky enough to get access mingle among the cars, mouths agape and phone cameras at the ready as mechanics prepare the open-wheel missiles for the three-hour battle ahead.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 1 June 2022
  • Other videos showed dogs, mouths agape, jumping, sniffing and pawing through untouched snow.
    — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The then-21-year-old's reaction to that victory was iconic, clawing his fingers down the side of his face with his mouth agape in disbelief.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The shell, however, is always somewhat agape, and the animal is visible all around except at the hinge.
    — David Berger, The Seattle Times, 25 Aug. 2017
  • As the flood of three-word requests from new South American fans poured in and his follower count skyrocketed, Wolfhard looked on agape.
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Leal then dropped her skateboard and ran, arms spread wide and mouth agape, across the concrete course to celebrate with her team and fellow competitors on the opposite side.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The rental car bounced awkwardly through deep South Dakota ruts, and Jeff Budz paused, mouth agape, while considering his response.
    — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Early this month, millions of pounds of oysters in leases that line Plaquemines Parish's west bank -- creatures that had been healthy and alive the week before -- were found dead, their mouths agape.
    — Halle Parker | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2021
  • Lupita Nyong’o was seated behind Smith; the agape attention in her face was all but audible.
    — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Without the throw, the type critics had long said Jackson could not make, Justin Tucker would never have lined up for the miraculous 66-yard-field goal that left a nation of football fans agape.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2021

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