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Example sentences for: gasps

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And undoubtedly today it is being greeted with gasps and sputters of incoherent outrage.
When the crowd rises and gasps after a wreck, Stevenson notes that they all, including himself, are "hoping for a violent accident."
The low-key coverage of the event reflected several pre-established media themes: a) Steele is a "peripheral" figure hounded by a vindictive special prosecutor, Kenneth Starr; b) the Steele trial is a pathetic coda to Flytrap's now-finished symphony ("Starr's Last Gasps," says Time ); and c) the sole remaining function of the case is to help determine the credibility of Kathleen Willey, the Richmond, Va., socialite who accuses President Clinton of crudely groping her near the Oval Office in 1993.
("This is the death I have always wanted," gasps one fellow in this picture's lachrymose climax.)