On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Gawp. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as goggle or gape and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Gawp meaning
To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
Using Gawp
- The main meaning on this page is: To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
- Useful related words include: goggle, gape, gawk, look.
- In the example corpus, gawp often appears in combinations such as: gawp at, to gawp.
Context around Gawp
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gawp
- In this selection, "gawp" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, raining stand out and add context to how "gawp" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include absurdities to gawp at and and all to gawp at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gawp" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gawp
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Peter Lansley’s report will be arriving soon for you all to gawp at. (14 words)
But why, why would they reveal all of their deepest darkest feelings in public, for total strangers to gawp at? (20 words)
Their soaring ceilings echo to the greatest choral music in the world and visitors descend in vast numbers to gawp and wonder. (22 words)
We’d visit the swans at Abbotsbury, and go mackerel fishing on boats in Lyme Regis, or if it was raining, gawp at the fossils in the museum there. (29 words)
National Portrait Gallery is a hybrid, a mongrel, a compromise – part Prado, part Madame Tussauds, a place to admire art and gawp at famous names. (25 words)
Today’s audiences need something more tangible: narratives to unpack, absurdities to gawp at, and characters that mess with our heads and hearts. (23 words)
But why, why would they reveal all of their deepest darkest feelings in public, for total strangers to gawp at? (20 words)
Example sentences (6)
National Portrait Gallery is a hybrid, a mongrel, a compromise – part Prado, part Madame Tussauds, a place to admire art and gawp at famous names.
Peter Lansley’s report will be arriving soon for you all to gawp at.
Their soaring ceilings echo to the greatest choral music in the world and visitors descend in vast numbers to gawp and wonder.
Today’s audiences need something more tangible: narratives to unpack, absurdities to gawp at, and characters that mess with our heads and hearts.
We’d visit the swans at Abbotsbury, and go mackerel fishing on boats in Lyme Regis, or if it was raining, gawp at the fossils in the museum there.
But why, why would they reveal all of their deepest darkest feelings in public, for total strangers to gawp at?
Common combinations with gawp
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gawp at 5×
- to gawp 4×