The gates stood open, the portcullis raised, the entry left black and gaping and vaguely reminiscent of a mouth frozen in a death scream.

Kethry took possession of what he carried so fast he was left gaping.

I was left gaping.

But with its off-kilter mixture of menace and cornball humor attached to a sketchy, sluggishly paced story whose holes are left gaping, it is unlikely to break the pattern.

The rest were the very image of cool-eyed Aes Sedai serenity, giving off composure like a heavy scent, yet they glided to their horses so quickly that the nobles were left gaping and the brightly clad servants scrambled in loading the packhorses to catch up as best they could.

The goal was taken with such cat-like speed that the Romanian defenders were left gaping.

Egeanin scrambled backward on hands and knees and all but tumbled out the door, so fast that Mat was left gaping.

Roland thinks it might even be possible that Cort might grunt some word of compliment-such a rarity that the boy to whom it happened hardly ever knew how to respond; he was left gaping like a fish just pulled from a cook's barrel.

Ambassador Shan had been left gaping.