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How to pronounce gaping in English?

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Synonyms agape


the gaping audience.

Examples of gaping

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Next up are several vehicles that will fill gaping holes in the Cadillac lineup.
From the businessweek.com
They are quick to remind their parents of this gaping hole in their empty lives.
From the stltoday.com
Financially, the Eurozone are all in the same boat, and Greece is a gaping hole.
From the guardian.co.uk
Therefore this must constitute a gaping hole in the nation's security structure.
From the theatlantic.com
Dirk and Deborah's eyebrows lift, and their mouths open into happy gaping holes.
From the theatlantic.com
Then came the image of a spiny serpent, with its mouth gaping over the sidewalk.
From the heraldtribune.com
Like the others, Jennings will be counted on to fill a gaping hole in Minnesota.
From the sacbee.com
They closed gaping academic-achievement chasms between black and white students.
From the kentucky.com
Nothing can heal the gaping wound inflicted when you brought me into this world.
From the arcane-reveries.blogspot.com
More examples
  • Agape(p): with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
  • Abeyance, (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping"), is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. ...
  • Wide open
  • (gaped) (vb.): To gape at someone is to stare at that person with your mouth open. See a rather extreme example of gaping.
  • (gaped) looked at in surprise, with your mouth wide open
  • The separation of the individual flakes of meat in a fillet. Gaping can be a natural feature of the fish flesh or a result of poor handling. Also refers to the opened shell of live shellfish. Severe gaping indicates the animal is dead and that the shellfish should not be eaten.
  • An expression of openmouthed astonishment
  • Goggle: look with amazement; look stupidly
  • Be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"