gasped
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
An inflected form of gasp · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,963 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,524 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted also: pant, puff, heave The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
gasped in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I gasped; “duly married, both of them?”
Nonsense Novels · Stephen Leacock · Chapter 1
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I gasped my amazement and extended my hand.
The Cavalier · George Washington Cable · Chapter 2
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I gasped, hoarsely, as we all imitated his every action.
The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1
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In that instant the whole front of the old stone house was lit up clearly, and Billy gasped.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 3
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He gasped no more, and his voice rang, hollow and loud, as though he had been talking in an empty cavern.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 2