gape openly
Frequency: 6.01.5 per million words
To stare at someone or something with your mouth wide open in a very obvious way.
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- Stephanie gaped openly at the visitors.
- Crowds gaped openly at the eclipse as the sky went dark.
- He gaped openly in disbelief when he saw the final bill.
- Tourists gaped openly at the street performer’s daring stunt.
- I tried not to be rude, but I found myself gaping openly at the ruins.
- The children gaped openly at the lifelike robots in the exhibit.
- She was so stunned that she gaped openly for a full minute.
- Reporters gaped openly as the CEO resigned mid-speech.
- Even the judges gaped openly when the levitation trick worked.
- Don’t gape openly at people; it makes them uncomfortable.