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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
Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 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
Shortly after Live welcomed a pet expert to explain how to conduct CPR on animals, the audience gasped as the camera cut to a wide shot of the cohosts sitting on a bench as a pack of live dogs ran around them.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Her brothers and sisters all gasped.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Jordan was visibly startled when Davidson yelled from the auditorium as audience members gasped.
—John Ross, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Three years ago, the other members of Team USA all but gasped at his promise.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
The standing-room-only crowd gasped when Malinin gave up on the quad axel.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
There were so many moments in my theater that the whole audience gasped at certain costumes.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
When Harari told the same story on The Daily Show, the audience gasped.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 10 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
Shortly after Live welcomed a pet expert to explain how to conduct CPR on animals, the audience gasped as the camera cut to a wide shot of the cohosts sitting on a bench as a pack of live dogs ran around them.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Her brothers and sisters all gasped.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Jordan was visibly startled when Davidson yelled from the auditorium as audience members gasped.
—John Ross, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Three years ago, the other members of Team USA all but gasped at his promise.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
The standing-room-only crowd gasped when Malinin gave up on the quad axel.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
There were so many moments in my theater that the whole audience gasped at certain costumes.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasped
Adjective
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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.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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
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To end the first, Jaylin Williams wound his arm back and heaved a deep ball to Holmgren, whose rangy arms reeled in the pass for a dribble and a moving 3.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Bryce Miller Columnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Nov. 2021
Adjective
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Players and coaches have become maddeningly mealy-mouthed, striving to avoid upsetting agents, sponsors, owners, fans, thin-skinned politicians, and whoever else might object.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Gasped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasped. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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