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Recent Examples of gasp
Paul Jebara, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The audience gasped at the first snippet, a soundless rendering of the moment when the vampire Remmick first appears.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The competition went on so long, that each consecutive round was followed by a quiet gasp from the small crowd of parents, and a few playful groans from younger siblings.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Verb
First-time visitors invariably gasp encountering pieces like Colombostile's headline-making purple ostrich leather sofa, or Baldi's malachite and bronze masterpiece timepiece.
—Noun
There was an audible gasp when Shinsuke was eliminated by Andrade, and even a couple of boo’s.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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By halftime, Luka was panting like an old dog in August.—
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Wallen has abandoned the panting rasp of his mid-twenties, and now performs with force and depth.—
Noun
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The sigh of relief is playing out within our portfolio.—
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Somewhere, the media-relations team for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints probably just let out a sigh.—
Verb
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This season, Brentford have heaved 92 throw-ins directly into the penalty area from the attacking quarter of the pitch.—
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Bridges ripped the ball away and heaved it down the court as time expired, clinching the Knicks’ 108-105 win.—
Noun
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There have been a lot of whispers and rumours about where this prospective investment could come from but nothing concrete has emerged yet.—
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There are enough vague, intractable whispers of diplomacy and further talks about talks, to provide the tantalising promise of a deal, without striking, or even delineating one.—
Verb
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Then Tanev left the game, and fans were probably hyperventilating.—
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Here’s a question for the hyperventilating media.—
Noun
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With each miss, the murmurs from the crowd grew longer, the fans mirroring the Lakers and their fading chances.—
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And yet the latter seems to be in the minority as loud murmurs of discontent can be hard as Chelsea end up in their own half once more.—
Noun
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Somehow, this shell also manages to be bizarrely soft on the skin with almost no rustle.—
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Any time a leaf rustles in the outfield, the AI picks it up.—
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The eyes start rolling and the moans come out when dudes get super gooned.—
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The courtroom reverberated with the anguished moans and last breaths of Brianna Kupfer.—
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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