goggleinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
chart
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
tab
Examples of gawped
gawped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
To decontextualise is to turn treasures of national and international importance into objects just to be
gawped at.
From the
Hansard archive
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So they
gawped in something like awe as their father, on the top deck of the tour bus, pointed out monuments older than anything they had yet imagined.
From
Wikipedia
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