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How do you use Gawk in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like lout or gawp, plus the exact meaning.

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Gawk in a sentence

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Gawk | Gawker | Gawking | Gawky | Gawked | Gawkers | Gawks

Gawk meaning

  1. A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
  2. A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.

Synonyms of Gawk

lout gawp gape goggle clumsy person lump lummox lubber oaf goon stumblebum clod look

Related words

Other words often associated with Gawk or its synonyms:

chunk ball clump agglomeration glob see perception tiro palooka individual hood looking

Using Gawk

  • The main meaning on this page is: A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird. | A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
  • Useful related words include: lout, gawp, gape, goggle.
  • In the example corpus, gawk often appears in combinations such as: to gawk, gawk at, and gawk.

Context around Gawk

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pair 1× included 1×

Often after:

version 1×

Sentence patterns with Gawk

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

along to gawk at monster 1× also included gawk version 3 1× came to gawk at or 1× come to gawk 1× come to gawk at the 1× father could gawk in wonder 1× followers to gawk at 1× gathered to gawk at her 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a macabre tourist 1× but he didn 1× ethel suddenly realizes 1× even then people 1× freebsd before version 1× i don t 1×

Common sentence endings:

and guitar work 1× blanketed the state 1× come to gawk 1× from another century 1× gawk at us 1× gawk in wonder 1×

Words around Gawk

Just before it in the word index:

gawith 2 gawin 2 gawenda 2 gawdat 2 gawd 9 gawas 2

Just after it in the word index:

gawked 3 gawker 20 gawkers 3 gawking 12 gawks 2 gawky 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Gawk

  • In this selection, "gawk" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pair, included and version stand out and add context to how "gawk" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include along to gawk at monster and also included gawk version 3. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gawk" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gawk

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Even then, people occasionally stop and gawk. (7 words)

But he didn’t come to gawk. (7 words)

What about when they gawk at us? (7 words)

Longer example sentences

I picked a point in the horizon to gawk at and stared into the void, waiting for the two minutes to end, so I could clamber out of this frozen hellhole and live the rest of my normal life in peace. (41 words)

Even those who came to gawk at or mock the dazed-and-contrived hippie-rock presentation — and there was plenty to keep them entertained — had to admire the group's unabashed showmanship and undeniably fiery vocals and guitar work. (39 words)

The game pushes the limits of 2D pixel art to a gorgeous level, where fans of its predecessors (Namely on the Super Nintendo) could simultaneously appreciate its look at games past and gawk at its newly updated art style. (39 words)

Question examples

What about when they gawk at us? (7 words)

Example sentences (18)

A macabre tourist attraction: The fascinated and the obsessed come to gawk at the Long Island house where the architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings lived.

Even then, people occasionally stop and gawk.

Even those who came to gawk at or mock the dazed-and-contrived hippie-rock presentation — and there was plenty to keep them entertained — had to admire the group's unabashed showmanship and undeniably fiery vocals and guitar work.

I picked a point in the horizon to gawk at and stared into the void, waiting for the two minutes to end, so I could clamber out of this frozen hellhole and live the rest of my normal life in peace.

But he didn’t come to gawk.

Searchlights crisscrossed the sky and we followed the lights so my father could gawk in wonder.

The game pushes the limits of 2D pixel art to a gorgeous level, where fans of its predecessors (Namely on the Super Nintendo) could simultaneously appreciate its look at games past and gawk at its newly updated art style.

She wore her hair in a bun while effortlessly pumping her body up for her 1.8 million Instagram followers to gawk at.

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Tourists took the opportunity to snap selfies on the suddenly empty streets while others stopped to gawk and ask what was happening.

What about when they gawk at us?

But I had come to Huntsville to do more than just gawk at an empty rocket from another century.

I don't mean to gawk at your level of ethics and interest in a person I have just literally never heard anyone say anything of the sort in my life.

Olive was the street we drove along to gawk at “monster homes” replacing bungalows.

The soup showed up so fast I only had time to gawk at a half dozen Instagram photos of the crazy beautiful snowstorm that had just blanketed the state.

Ethel suddenly realizes she was just talking to Arden herself, who soon passes Lucy and Ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk.

FreeBSD before version 5.0 also included gawk version 3.0, but subsequent versions of FreeBSD use BWK awk to avoid the more restrictive GNU General Public License (GPL), as well as for its technical characteristics.

Outside, Alice hears the voices of animals that have gathered to gawk at her giant arm.

The exhibition was extremely controversial, with many of the 13,000 people visiting mainly to gawk.

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Common combinations with gawk

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gawk" in a sentence?
An example: "A macabre tourist attraction: The fascinated and the obsessed come to gawk at the Long Island house where the architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings lived." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gawk" from authentic English texts.
What does "gawk" mean?
Gawk means: A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
What are synonyms of "gawk"?
Common synonyms of "gawk" include: lout, gawp, gape, goggle, clumsy person, lump, lummox, lubber. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "gawk" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gawk", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.