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Recent Examples of gawk
Noun
With its cool look and flashy two-tone color schemes, folks will take gawk at the RAV4 Prime at the stoplight. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021 People take deep breaths to inhale fresh air, gawk at the wildlife and rock climb. NBC News, 24 Mar. 2021
Verb
Women bearing sparklers and bottles of champagne descended, as clubbers gawked from the perimeter. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Ropes were fixed and the jolly-boat was hauled up to the main deck, where a scattering of sailors waited, gawking curiously. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gawk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawk
Noun
  • The hulk of metal moved silently through space, high above the blue Earth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Having boy hulk Matthew Knies at the net front, to retrieve pucks and be a pain for the defence, is one positive step that’s been working.
    James Mirtle, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But halfway into the season, Moiraine has mostly done a lot of staring and a little bit of really amateurish manipulation that backfires spectacularly.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • JuJu Watkins, the star sophomore, stared blankly ahead, offering only a slow, deliberate clap.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While less consequential for than last year’s clothing controversy involving the apparel brands Nike and Fanatics—which affected jerseys worn by players—New Era’s apparent misstep is another example of MLB’s brand taking lumps because of design decisions made outside of its purview.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The puck broke Ray’s glasses and left a massive lump on his head, but Ray didn’t miss a second of game action.
    Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • As hundreds of lightning bugs illuminated the night at Blue Spring, all guests gazed in awe at this natural miracle, noting how remarkable and rare this phenomenon is becoming.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In a promotional video for the podcast, Mulvaney, a former musical theater performer, is seen singing in various whimsical scenarios that include standing in a shower, driving a car, gazing into a mirror while singing into a lollipop, and even belting out tunes on a yellow couch.
    Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The stupid!
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
Noun
  • Not just Florida Florida is reflective of a national trend – a secrecy creep spreading throughout the country, culminating in transparency deserts in cities big and small.
    David Cuillier, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Some creep is following you in the bathroom, which can’t be good.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Named Lija, the wary but winsome mutt — in fact played by the filmmaker’s own pet — is snappish and defensive when her wounds are first treated, only to slowly relent and relax in the face of genuine tenderness.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Mushers gather at trailheads and parking lots for long weekends of racing, with world-champion sprinters (often huge, muscular pointers with legs a mile long) competing alongside teams of purebred Siberians and assorted mutts.
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Since turkeys can’t ask the typical first-date questions to field out the losers, hens have to rely on something else.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas.
    David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Gawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawk. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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