GASPED in a Sentence

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99 example sentences for GASPED, such as:

1. Antonia gasped and stepped back.
2. She gasped at the wonderful view.
3. Martha fairly gasped with amazement.
4. They gasped in astonishment at the news.
5. I gasped as I jumped into the cold river.

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 Meanings and Examples of GASPED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gasping
 n.  a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
 v.  breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
Classic Sentence: (86 in 6 pages)
1  She almost gasped aloud in the shock of its unexpectedness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  Blinking in the sunlight, her eyes fell on Melanie and she gasped, horrified.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  "If he bleeds across the yard, we can't hide it," she gasped.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  Scarlett gasped, and, for a moment, shrank back against the cushions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  Kennicott's rival gasped at this insult to professional ethics, and he took an appreciable second before he recovered his social manner.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  When she came down to supper, when she stood in the doorway, he gasped.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  She slumped into a chair and gasped with the heat.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  Antonia gasped and stepped back.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
9  It was an agonizing moment, but she sat in the chair, her hands clenched like death, and made a fearful effort, summoning all her powers, and gasped out her purpose.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
10  She gasped once or twice as she tried to answer him, and then began, speaking low, and swiftly.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
11  "Miss Henderson's house," she gasped.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
12  The words smote heavily on Eliza's heart; the vision of the trader came before her eyes, and, as if some one had struck her a deadly blow, she turned pale and gasped for breath.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
13  Martha fairly gasped with amazement.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
14  All three had gasped with fright more than once.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
15  "I don't know, aunt," gasped the boy.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  She gasped at the wonderful view.
2  I gasped as I jumped into the cold river.
3  They gasped in astonishment at the news.
4  I gasped in/with astonishment at the magician's skill.
5  I gasped and took an involuntary step backwards.
6  I gasped with surprise at the unexpected news.
7  Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
8  He came to the surface of the water gasping for air.
9  The team were at their last gasp when the whistle went.
10  At his last gasp, he murmured the name of the person who shot him.
11  The stunt brought shocked gasps from the audience.
12  The film was shown to gasps of rapture at the Democratic Convention.
13  He made about a dozen long gasps, his breast lifting the Bible up when he drawed in his breath, and letting it down again when he breathed it out -- and after that he laid still; he was dead.