How to Use agape in a Sentence

agape

adjective or adverb

• 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 | [e-mail], 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

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024