as in stare
a fixed intent look
I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying
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as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order
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Recent Examples of gape
Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
The question seemed to vex the many passers-by who stopped to gape.
—Priya Krishna, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
And with a recall looming just weeks away, Thao ventured into a mention of the city’s finances — an area where a gaping deficit and risky bet on a sale of the Coliseum have worried analysts about the near future.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Her grin settled into a disbelieving, pinch-me-so-I-know-it’s-real gape.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
The question seemed to vex the many passers-by who stopped to gape.
—Priya Krishna, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Verb
Images shared by Killeen with KTLA showed that an interior room was badly damaged, and a gaping hole was left in the ceiling.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
And with a recall looming just weeks away, Thao ventured into a mention of the city’s finances — an area where a gaping deficit and risky bet on a sale of the Coliseum have worried analysts about the near future.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gape
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On the other hand, a dog's stare can sometimes signal discomfort or stress.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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The stares, people pulling and touching you, photographing you.Reed Putman, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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There are plenty of examples along Route 66 of people putting history behind plexiglass and charging tourists for the opportunity to gawk.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Bystanders gathered and gawked as the creek steadily swelled, while tree trunks, branches and other debris piled up under one of the creek’s bridges.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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But when the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze toward Neptune’s dark eye in 1994, the spot had disappeared.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eastwood’s unhurried gaze allows the characters’ humanity to shine through.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The countries have not always seen eye to eye over the past 75 years, but their relationship has never come close to splintering.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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In Cold Blood, this book opened my eyes to the possibilities of writing about crime.The Week US, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Gape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gape. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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