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Examples of gawk in a Sentence
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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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
Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
Broken glass spills out onto the narrow hillside road where tourist buses and others slow down to gawk at the mansion that sits like a colorful disaster.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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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
To cap off your day of gawking, go to the Skyline Bar on the fifth floor for a drink and nightly entertainment.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
Broken glass spills out onto the narrow hillside road where tourist buses and others slow down to gawk at the mansion that sits like a colorful disaster.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Gawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gawk. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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