Gawks

For the man who wants to stand out, but not stick out, there are ways both subtle and bold to inject personality into a suit-and-tie look without prompting gawks from the office peanut gallery. ❋ Ray A. Smith (2011)

And everyone, outside of the Salahis, stays home from all the fashion shows and salon parties and just ... gawks. ❋ Lavanya Ramanathan (2010)

My proposal earned a round of gawks and heavy silence. ❋ Wendy Toliver (2010)

His t-shirt is tucked into his sweat pants and every time a woman walks by he gawks like a small dog locked in a car. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stillman and Hawkins were among the first Caucasians ever to visit Malan; * they were the target of stares and gawks by the long-time residents of that enclave. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A little girl with bangs straight across her forehead gawks at Jarel as he swings his arms and flaps his knees. ❋ Kate Torgovnick (2008)

Araceli González saunters across the set in pale pink pumps and a matching silk robe, chatting amiably with her assistant and garnering gawks from the grips. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You can follow the exchange here, if you like, and thrill to them yelling about ANWR, bragging about their exploits, issuing snarky commentary, all while a nation of Twits looks on and gawks, or adds their own noise. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is the kind of woman who steps into a room and everyone stops what they are doing and gawks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And for me it is the realization that I AM or was the face in the crowd which gawks now. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)

Behind me, Kali gawks at a group of women in hot pink shirts. ❋ Kate Torgovnick (2008)

I turned to see the Yankee boss, no more than ten feet from me, his eyes focused on the elevator doors in front of him, so as not to greet the gawks of geeks like me. ❋ Mick Foley (2007)

Their faces pleaded, their gazes filled with car-wreck gawks, horrified and serious except for Frank. ❋ Helena María Viramontes (2007)

People passed, sideways-glancing, but she had been feeling so good having her brother home, she ignored their gawks, gazes, fascination, fear. ❋ Helena María Viramontes (2007)