Great black holes gaped at us as we crossed the bridge into Baghdad proper.

FORBES: Remembering the Road to Baghdad

He insisted that the lights be dimmed and that flashlights be given to his guests, who groped and gaped their way from case to case.

FORBES: The Cult Of JAR

Crisis and its contagion are now constrained by current-account surpluses, where once big deficits gaped (see chart 2), and by fat and growing foreign-exchange reserves.

ECONOMIST: This time, emerging markets are for real

When that happened, the city's elite gaped in horror.

ECONOMIST: Art and politics

This time Master Cherry was struck dumb: his eyes bugged out of his head in fright, his mouth gaped, his tongue dangled down to his chin, like those grotesque faces carved on fountains.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Pinocchio'

With every step, as we passed through one block and then another, more boys and girls gaped at our procession, which was obviously, to them, some kind of date, something significant, far more than a casual stroll.

NPR: Eggers Blends Fact, Fiction of Sudanese 'Lost Boys'

The kid gaped at him, baffled.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

Her mouth gaped mockingly.

NEWYORKER: The Reptile Garden