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Recent Examples of gasp
Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
The girl turned around, saw her and gasped, Jimenez said.
—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
March is nearing its last gasp and April is nearly upon us.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The second clip teased the level of gore fans can expect from the film, with a scene of bloody child endangerment that made multiple audience members gasped and looked away.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
The girl turned around, saw her and gasped, Jimenez said.
—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
The reveal earned a gasp from the crowd as the camera cut back to a grimacing Jost.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
March is nearing its last gasp and April is nearly upon us.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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The poor fell ow was panting like a bereaved porpoise and holding both hands over his heart.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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The reopening of the Frick Collection, on April 17, following almost five years of renovations, should make everyone pant.—
Shauna Lyon,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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All involved with Arsenal would have breathed a huge sigh of relief after going 4-0 up on aggregate, but this sense of relief was short-lived.—
Thomas Schlachter,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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The news came as a sigh of relief for Club stocks Apple and Nvidia .—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The woman is violently subdued by orderlies, stripped naked and heaved under the showerhead.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Will any of these managers ever get heaved out of a game again?—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some people are forthright when Boulet asks, with a cameraman in tow, a question that is often not spoken, or at most in a locker-room whisper.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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In truth, whispers have been circulating for months that a The Row homewares line might be in the works.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Here’s a question for the hyperventilating media.—
Neal B. Freeman,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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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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Despite some murmurs about The White Lotus losing its bite—or at least taking its sweet time to return—the HBO show proved its staying power in a big way.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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The soft murmur of a few dozen conversations lingered outside a small auditorium named after Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president who overhauled the way Americans pay for college.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Any time a leaf rustles in the outfield, the AI picks it up.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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There are footsteps and rustles — is that a door closing?—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And there, like an old friend, is Cronenberg’s regular composer Howard Shore with a synth moan to keep the mood unnerving.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The audience thought his moans were all part of the act.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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