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Recent Examples of gasp
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
The woman finally steps into the sunlight and the crowd gasps.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 11 Apr. 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
There’s no hook to lure viewers back for a potential Season 2, no revelation to gasp at, no big laugh to be had.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
The woman finally steps into the sunlight and the crowd gasps.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 11 Apr. 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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These are stretchy, waterproof pants any woman will love.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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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
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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After a lot of loose-ball chaos, Hardaway got the ball in the corner and pump-faked before heaving it up.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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But as players had to heave sandbags, move through an obstacle course, toss balls and complete a puzzle, the Vula tribe (with no original Vula members on it) were once again the last team to finish.—
Emily DeLetter,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nab the Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless headphones that wrap your ears in plush comfort while adaptive noise canceling dials the world down to a whisper at 21% off.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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In Drama, there’s the second season of Squid Game, which returned with a whisper as compared to the blaring horns of its breakthrough first season.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
19 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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There were murmurs that Musk would be filing a 'confidential' financial disclosure report, but a confidential report is only permissible where the SGE serves for less than 60 days, and regardless, there is still no evidence that Musk filed anything.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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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
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 1 May. 2025.
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