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Gape (Verb)

Look with amazement; look stupidly.

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The tourists stopped to gape at the majestic sight of the Grand Canyon.
She stood with her mouth open, still trying to gape at the beautiful fireworks exploding in the sky.
His eyes began to gape as he stared at the massive size of the T-Rex skeleton in the museum.
Their jaws began to gape when they saw their favorite celebrities at the red carpet event.
The audience members couldn't help but gape at the incredible acrobatic feats performed by the circus artists.

Be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon".

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

The passengers' mouths began to gape as the firework exploded in the night sky.
The cave's entrance appeared to gape like an empty mouth in the side of the mountain.
As the doors of the haunted mansion creaked open, the main hall seemed to gape before us.
The injured fish's mouth would gape as it lay flapping and helpless on the deck.
The ship's gash from the collision caused its hull to gape wide open below the waterline.