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
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Her grin settled into a disbelieving, pinch-me-so-I-know-it’s-real gape.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Now at 3-8, there are several gaping holes to be filled and questions to be answered for a franchise that seemingly breeds a culture of dysfunction.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
As a mesmerized crowd gapes, our own cartoonish media landscape today comes into focus.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Her grin settled into a disbelieving, pinch-me-so-I-know-it’s-real gape.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 18 May 2024
Verb
News junkies might feel a gaping hole in their lives next year.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Now at 3-8, there are several gaping holes to be filled and questions to be answered for a franchise that seemingly breeds a culture of dysfunction.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gape
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Radek looked at him from the side, an appraising stare.Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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What endures through all of the yelling and conjecture around James, his greatness and his unprecedented career, is this stare caught on camera.Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Taken together with the bones, however—and with some help from modern technology—these earthen imprints give a holistic picture of the prehistoric creatures that sashayed along in their heyday, oblivious to the puny mammals of the future who would gawk at their footprints millions of years later.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Instead, audiences are left to gawk at the wreckage.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
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His eyebrows were drawn together, his gaze was sharp, even his gentle-looking lips were closed tight.Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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No matter the politics of the day, Jefferson tethered his gaze to earth, soil and sky.Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Use a lint roller: Not just for laundry, a lint roller can remove piles of pet hair in the blink of an eye.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
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In another, overlooking a Han River marina, there are three interlocking layers: water (most of the picture), hilly horizon, and, at left, a scalloped edge of rowboats and storage sheds that pulls your eyes downward.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Gape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gape. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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