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to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
the runner was audibly gasping by the end of the marathon
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Recent Examples of gasped
Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Kids cheered, some adults gasped and there was a standing ovation.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Members of his family seated in the gallery audibly gasped and broke down in tears as Cole entered the courtroom and sat down next to his attorney, John Shoreman.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Business professionals who gathered at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino gasped when Klutch Sports Group founder and CEO Rich Paul spoke at the Black Professional Network’s LegacyCon.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Ripa exclaimed after the audience gasped.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to those in the stands who gasped at the power during longer points.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
The Toronto audience cheered, gasped, laughed, and cried.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
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Aisha gasped and turned to stare at the woman who sat there.
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This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.—
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Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss heaved a pass to the end zone.—
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Newport Harbor’s Oliver Aguero stole the ball and quickly passed ahead to Aguilar, who heaved a shot from half court that didn’t come close.—
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His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.—
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No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.—
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Season 2 is set in 1994, with senior year of high school underway for Ted the foul-mouthed teddy bear and the likable but awkward John.—
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And to our original troupe of foul-mouthed dorks (compliment) — Mike Wheeler, Lucas Sinclair, Will Byers, and Dustin Henderson — the Party comes before all else.—
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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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