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Recent Examples of gasp
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
In the video, the bride gasps as Stepherson gets down on one knee and pops the question.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
Or the Suns might have one last gasp to save their season.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The women next to me descended into a fit of giggles instead, while some people in the crowd gasped, alarmed at the scene’s out-of-nowhere reveal.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
In the video, the bride gasps as Stepherson gets down on one knee and pops the question.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
Man’s body washes ashore near Belmont Pier in Long Beach
Sailing’s global grand prix brings cheers and gasps amid wins and close calls on San Pedro coast
Deming said not much is known about how the toxins affect dolphins, but necropsies will help with that research.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
Or the Suns might have one last gasp to save their season.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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Eyes wide, panting near panic, Foster perfectly captures the audience's own fear of being alone in the dark with a monster.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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While in its kennel, a dog may pant more, lick its lips more often, or freeze, resembling a statue.—
Katie Liu,
Discover Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Libra’s ruler, Venus, will also station direct in Pisces on the same day, bringing a sigh of relief and significant revelations.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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But fans quickly caught on to the joke, letting out sighs on relief in the comments.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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What’s to love about heaving a 12-pound ball of iron?—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Yet, far from being overshadowed by the star’s appearance, Owens enjoyed plenty of additional attention for his new designs — in particular, a pair of knee-high boots heaving with a plume of feathery leather strips.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The genetic testing company that once held the vision of unlocking the secrets of our DNA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, its valuation whittled down to a whisper of its former $6 billion peak.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Related article High anxiety and whispers of a conclave: How the Vatican is dealing with Pope Francis’ hospitalization Alfieri, who led the team at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, said the decision to continue with treatment was made by Francis’ nurse.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, too, this is the same man who grew up on pastoral Oregon farmland, pushing himself on pre-dawn lifts, who nearly hyperventilated in the shower before one freshman-year playoff game at Crescent Valley.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Anyhow, Rose continues to get more and more upset and nearly starts hyperventilating.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And while manager Greg Vanney doesn’t really have enough options to consider dropping Reus from his XI at the moment, there were murmurs about a percieved lack of effort in Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to St. Louis City.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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But film editing is an often invisible line of work, and this year it’s unfortunately made even more invisible by the murmurs on whether Gascón will show up.—
Melissah Yang,
refinery29.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Any time a leaf rustles in the outfield, the AI picks it up.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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There are footsteps and rustles — is that a door closing?—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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None of these moans are intended to dismiss the importance of clever in-jokes and references to past adventures.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Tonally registering as if carved from a medium-hard piece of oak, his transparent deliveries — mellow whispers, conversational assertions, longing moans, resolute cries — served as effective vessels for those character sketches and autobiographical reflections.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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