Word: gapingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Everywhere the Queen and Prince Philip went, Parisian crowds gathered to gape and cheer. Outside the opera the welcoming hordes pressed so close that the mounted guards had to drive them back with drawn swords. At a huge reception in the Louvre many of the 2,000-odd distinguished guests vied with each other for vantage points on the pedestals of world-famed works of art as museum guards shook their heads in despair. "I expected Marcus Aurelius to topple over on me at any moment," said one grande dame nervously. As the party broke up, even the footmen...
...villain. He considers the Lord Protector− who, invoking God's will, ordered 3,000 men put to the sword in one day-a warning to all those who would be willing to kill others in order to improve the survivors. Says Churchill: "A school grew up to gape in awe and some in furtive admiration at these savage times . . . The twentieth century has sharply recalled its intellectuals from such vain indulgences...
...union staff members appeared for work, most were told politely that that local was dissolved, and to "go home until you hear from us." But 15 of them, gape-mouthed with surprise, were handed dismissal notices. They were Communist Party workers who had infiltrated into positions of strength in one of West Germany's most important (408,000 members) unions...
...Auster, trimmed for flight and with a tank full of gas, might cause trouble. Sydney's Civil Aviation authorities were alerted. Radio warnings were broadcast, incoming airliners were warned, while police, firemen, ambulances and air force crash boats stood by. Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders came out to gape with delight as the plane climbed to 6,000 ft. and dipped seaward...
...loved the shot of Central Park, however ... I had to gape with horror at the enormous waste being perpetrated on our city in the name of beauty. Smack down the center of one of the most peopled, congested, dirtiest islands in the world is this huge chunk of valuable realty making no contribution to the city at all - 51 blocks long, several city blocks wide, just sitting majestic and very idle while the city is busting at its seams looking for solutions to its space problems . . . What an ideal spot for a huge parking...