Word: gape
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Then, the class happened, Gould gave his anecdotes, Dersh told his funny stories and Nozick watched everyone gape at his fine couture...
Gilbert is angry at Endora for the way its inhabitants gape at his mother, and angry at Momma for being the thing that keeps him there. "Describing Endora is like dancing to no music," he laments, and so he breaks the tedium by waiting at the roadside for a caravan of Airstream campers which go by once a year. While Arnie squeals with pleasure at the sight of the campers, Gilbert dreamily says, "They're doing the right thing, just passing through...
...recession caused his approval rating to fall to a so-so 53% by last autumn. The buildup to war followed by the breathtaking weeks of combat made Americans forget all that. Soon after Kuwait was liberated in February, Bush's popularity rocketed to an unprecedented 86%. Democrats could only gape in awe at his upward trajectory...
...that after a while scriptwriters simply inserted code words for them. "Puddling up" meant that Lucy's eyes would fill with tears just before she emitted a banshee wail. "Light bulb" signaled the alarming expression that crossed her face when she had a brainstorm. "Credentials" indicated an open-mouthed gape, as if to say, "How dare...
...wife Sarah Brightman. Vocally she has the needed equipment: her soprano is clear and sounds youthfully innocent along a wide range. But as an actress she has learned almost nothing from years in the role. Her vocabulary of gesture is limited to a flutter of hands and a gape of astonishment, accented by huge black circles of makeup around her eyes that cause her to resemble a raccoon. Brightman's Maypole figure, long nose and prominent overbite do not aid in explaining why both men adore her. But these deficiencies might be overcome if she displayed the least hint...