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- noun Plural form of
gasp . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gasp .
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Examples
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Parts of her testimony drew quiet gasps from a group of about three dozen friends and family members, while other parts drew chuckles, such as when she described Harvey doing a dance on the playground to music playing from her car radio.
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O'Reilly interrupted her, to gasps from the audience.
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg Walk Off 'The View' After Fiery Exchange With Bill O'Reilly (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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When I mentioned it in the show, you could hear gasps from the audience.
Stephen K Amos: 'I don't want to be labelled "the black gay comic"' Stephanie Merritt 2010
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Tancredo also drew gasps from a business crowd when he apologized during a speech if their lunch was cold.
Tancredo: Barack Obama Is A Greater Threat To The U.S. Than Al Qaeda AP 2010
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O'Reilly interrupted her, to gasps from the audience.
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg Walk Off 'The View' After Fiery Exchange With Bill O'Reilly (VIDEO) Jack Mirkinson 2010
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O'Reilly interrupted her, to gasps from the audience.
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg Walk Off 'The View' After Fiery Exchange With Bill O'Reilly (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Imagine the gasps from the jury when the prosecutor holds this above his head with an evidence tag affixed and proclaims to the jury; "just look at the weapon this closet-survivalist was waiting to use on poor Eddie DeCrook when he entered that home on that fateful night!"
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Imagine the gasps from the jury when the prosecutor holds this above his head with an evidence tag affixed and proclaims to the jury; "just look at the weapon this closet-survivalist was waiting to use on poor Eddie DeCrook when he entered that home on that fateful night!"
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Ishioka's costumes were breathtaking -- a rogues gallery of the villains that appear onstage in the musical received audible gasps from the audience, including the Green Goblin, Lizard, Kraven, Swarm, and a new female villain created at the behest of Taymor, Swiss Miss (dressed in immaculate white dominatrix gear and multiple knives ... hot!).
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Tancredo also drew gasps from a business crowd when he apologized during a speech if their lunch was cold.
Tancredo: Barack Obama Is A Greater Threat To The U.S. Than Al Qaeda AP 2010
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