gaping

• They stood there gaping, their sprayers and cans of paint hanging forgotten in their hands, as Toomes scrambled madly to get his robe closed over what was left of his dignity. —  Angelmass
• His evocation of a man in love is particularly grotesque -- bug-eyed, gaping, as if the emotion were no more than a kind of inflamed earnestness. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 02 - August 2002
• I hesitated, found myself halted, gaping, as a slab lorry ran across the arch of pallor and simply swept Dobson and the two overcoats from view. —  The Tartan Sell - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 10
• The truck driver twisted in his seat, gaping, as Spider-Man angled up and away, accompanied by a deliriously demented, “Whooooooo-hoooooooo Now, there goes someone who enjoys his work,” said Lieber. —  Spider-Man2
• As Obama steps into this quicksand economy, he seems to realize that short-term stimulus plans are only a Band-Aid solution for a gaping, almost mortal wound. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

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