Noun
thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better Verb
a crowd of gawking tourists
couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby
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Noun
The Esprit's shape, arguably more avant-garde despite its age, consistently pegs the gawk meter.—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 18 June 2020 The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.—Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Verb
Senna wondered, gawking at the altitude of a marble countertop.—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024 People also gawk at just how much cucumber Moffitt includes in his dishes.—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gawk
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