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Recent Examples of gasp
Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
One of his teenage children gasped for air in the middle of the night.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Each rendezvous, complete with soap opera–worthy drama—hoarding, cheeky teasing, Alex Honnold–worthy climbing, slow-mo acrobatics, and aggression that made gathered onlookers gasp—further cemented our similarities as species.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Before Heuermann changed his plea, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney asked him to confirm details surrounding each murder as members of the victims' families were heard gasping and audibly crying in the courtroom gallery.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
One of his teenage children gasped for air in the middle of the night.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
Patrons didn’t need to know this statue was gasp Hellenistic instead.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Each rendezvous, complete with soap opera–worthy drama—hoarding, cheeky teasing, Alex Honnold–worthy climbing, slow-mo acrobatics, and aggression that made gathered onlookers gasp—further cemented our similarities as species.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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Potential symptoms include rapid breathing, vomiting, panting and a high heart rate.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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As soft as pajamas yet lovely enough to wear out on the town (or around the ship), the micro modal fabric of these Saint Haven pants drapes elegantly, resists wrinkles, and has a relaxed fit that works equally well at a harbor-side bar or a breezy dinner ashore.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The three points were the priority, and a nervy Emirates crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief at the full-time whistle.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Did Saturday’s outing feel like a sigh of relief?—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His groundstrokes rip through the court, but the power all comes from timing and the kinetic chain, rather than muscling or heaving the ball.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Byfield heaved a backhanded centering pass to the rear post for a redirection by Moore, the Kings’ first goal of the playoffs from someone other than Panarin.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Of course, this being DC and the WHCD, there are always whispers and smoke.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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In Islamabad, the almost indecipherable whisper of leaks has turned to crickets.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But what makes the tune so neat are all the micro-weirdnesses: the airy bits that conjure up ghosts hyperventilating after running a marathon, the tinny tweakage that hits a third of the way in.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Apr. 2026
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Roscoe pulled over; his daughter started hyperventilating.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The room filled with soft murmurs.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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One thing that sets him apart from a contemporary such as Pieter de Hooch, to whom he is instinctively likened, is a murmur that the stillness may not hold.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Her stomach made an audible gurgle.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Apple's implementation is natural and consistent, without the hiss introduced by Bose and Sony.—
Christian de Looper,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
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Workers load stacks of textiles onto belts that move them through the scanner, which emits a sharp hiss while reading the textiles’ composition.—
Tian MacLeod Ji,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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