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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of gawk.

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Examples

  • If you think that the majority of citizens, that is those entitled to vote in this country, care more about being secretly "gawked," than about protection of their physical safety, I think you are very wrong.

    British Blogs 2010

  • Spectators gawked from the far side of South Main, and news and television cameras captured the tableau.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • She says many people gawked at the ring and asked where to buy one.

    Time for Something Special Michael Clerizo 2011

  • Do they know how it feels to be gawked at, bothered, threatened, followed, terrified?

    Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling? Giulia Rozzi 2010

  • Kalil gawked at my breasts while I pretended to look for a waiter.

    Freedom Fighter Greg Davis 2011

  • He drove them around his neighborhood, and they gawked and shot reels of film of the homes and streets of Collier Heights.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Someone mentioned the word paternalistic and that is exactly what it is, combined with narcissism that other cultures are there to be gawked at rather than understood.

    Advisor: Was it cruel to let poor kids in India play with my iPod? Boing Boing 2009

  • As the protesters proceeded uptown, most spectators briefly gawked -- taking iPhone photos or videos -- or ignored it altogether.

    74 Arrested as Protesters 'Occupy' Times Square Mike Vilensky 2011

  • In all my years working on Wall Street, I only went to the NYSE once—to the visitors' gallery where I gawked at traders through a glass wall, much like an aquarium's shark tank.

    Make Way for the Virtual Exchange Andy Kessler 2011

  • Associated Press Hailee Steinfeld As Alfie gawked at Grand Central Station and the Public Library, Ms. Manville said that people have been asking her how she can be comfortable doing such extreme close-ups.

    Actress's Breakthrough Year Marshall Heyman 2011

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