Gaped
[geɪpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Gape
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Examples
- Colonel Lysander Stark sprang out, and, as I followed after him, pulled me swiftly into a porch which gaped in front of us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sleeping on the brink of sin, Tophet gaped to take us in; Mercy to our rescue flew, Broke the snare, and brought us through. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was little difficulty in entering the grounds, for unrepaired breaches gaped in the old park wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- So they gaped at it and let it run wild, called it names, and threw stones at it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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