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Recent Examples of gasp
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2024
In a side room, family members of the defendants watched the proceedings unfold on television screens, with some bursting into tears and gasping as the sentences were revealed, The Associated Press reported.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Witnesses reported watching Wood gasp for air hundreds of times during the execution.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The bus ride into the enormous, 95,000-spectator speedway had Gopher players gasping at the 24-degree banking in its corners.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2024
In a side room, family members of the defendants watched the proceedings unfold on television screens, with some bursting into tears and gasping as the sentences were revealed, The Associated Press reported.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
The port selection also includes an audio jack on the laptop’s right side and a (gasp!) HDMI port, full size, on its left.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Witnesses reported watching Wood gasp for air hundreds of times during the execution.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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But there was a lot of panting and putting his head into his hands.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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When southern Spain trembles in heat, when dogs seem to be panting their last breaths in narrow bands of shade in the white villages of Andalusia, northern Spain keeps cool.—
Stanley Stewart,
airmail.news,
31 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Plus: Toronto finally signed a big bat, and Ken has more on … *sigh* … look, the Dodgers are just doing more than anyone else, OK?—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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An inflation report Wednesday that seemed to show little movement in prices set off a buying frenzy on Wall Street as investors breathed a collective sigh of relief that inflation was not on a path higher again.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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On a fourth-and-10 with 3:15 to play and the Rams up just four points, Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray heaved a deep pass to rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., who jumped for it at about the 1-yard line but instead it was intercepted by Rams rookie safety Kamren Kinchens.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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Limos provide a front-row seat to the hysteria as hoards of humanity heave themselves at the windows, mouths agape in shock or screams.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The whispers rise, a hum, a din— China’s AI, set to win.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
28 Jan. 2025
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More powerful and vivid than captured on record, her singing moved from faint, vulnerable whispers to urgent, shrill-free belting that often carried without the aid of effects.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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People ran pell-mell outside, sped away in cars with no clear destination, went to church, or just phoned the police or radio station to hyperventilate.—
Nicolas Rapold,
airmail.news,
23 Nov. 2024
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But Min-su ends up hyperventilating as Nam-gyu stabs her to death anyway.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Anxious murmurs abound among workers over the fact that Volkswagen wants to reduce the number of trainees, or that applicants for factory work have hit new lows.—
Lenora Chu,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Jan. 2025
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Karen has largely been taciturn about her upcoming court dates and general circumstance, but Mia kicks the door open by mentioning that Karen seemingly drunk dialed Jacqueline recently, prompting a series of nervous murmurs around the table.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2024
Noun
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And nature sounds, like birdsong and wind rustle, were added.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The gentle rustle of pine trees swaying in the breeze, the soft curl of steam rising from hot natural springs, the golden glow of the sun slipping into Ago Bay all combine to create a meditative bliss.—
Scott Campbell,
theweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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Against Notre Dame, the collective moan in the Coliseum with yet another last-minute loss because of Riley’s poor play calling was the breaking point for this lifelong Trojan.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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