VIETTA-MILLER: I'm sure there's a lot of rubber-necking. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: How to Eat Healthy While on the Road - June 10, 2000] Reference
This is like rubber-necking at an accident on the freeway. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: Head-Swelling Bakery Incident Goes Horribly Awry] Reference
This is a big -- this is a big, money - making, obsessive, rubber-necking -- people are obsessed with famous people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2006] Reference
This is a curious question as it strikes to the heart of a disturbing social trend evolving right before our rubber-necking eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Charles D. Ellison: The Politics of Social Loafing] Reference
It was frustrating, but then again, it was a subtle way for me to check out the table of girls next to us without straight up rubber-necking. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
To glance at pictures of her plastered across magazines as we wait to buy our gallon of milk, rubber-necking just as at a car wreck, hoping to see a tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
For about a week every year, the sleepy town that is Park City is transformed into the best place for celebrity rubber-necking this side of the Globes red carpet. From Wordnik.com. [Live From Utah, It’s The MTV Movies Team At Sundance! » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
Whatever I'm definitely in need of treatment myself because I was worryingly transfixed by it in that rubber-necking way that has you shamedly watching gruesome events unfold. From Wordnik.com. [42 entries from July 2007] Reference
Motorists in the area are experiencing rubber-necking delays. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
Others were rubber-necking to see what was going where we were. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
"Come back here and stop that 'rubber-necking,' No. 7," called out. From Wordnik.com. [A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"] Reference
Not beyond the evils of rubber-necking at some one else's tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Hated Literature] Reference
Some do it for pure rubber-necking thrills or even a spot of Schadenfreude. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
It's surely one of the oddest cases of rubber-necking commuters have seen in some time. From Wordnik.com. [New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com] Reference
Watching the case now is the equivalent of rubber-necking as you pass a multiple pile-up. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] Reference
It was also amusing to see a few men at the nearby tables rubber-necking without much success. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Saturn Sky's "daring, more angular design inspires frequent rubber-necking and mouth-breathing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Car Connection] Reference
Kelley Blue Book daring, more angular design inspires frequent rubber-necking and mouth-breathing. From Wordnik.com. [The Car Connection] Reference
They're betting that viewers won't be able to resist rubber-necking at this particular train wreck. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The most obvious problem seemed to be rubber-necking drivers slowing down to photograph the fright-fest warnings. From Wordnik.com. [AOL News] Reference
Phelan mentions that there will probably be quite a bit of rubber-necking at that point of the bridge for a while. From Wordnik.com. [SFist] Reference
There was eastbound rubber-necking that ... newsday. com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online. From Wordnik.com. [2-car crash stops traffic on Southern State in Wantagh] Reference
However, Bergner pushes beyond the rubber-necking to show us that the oddest of fetishes isn't necessarily superficial. From Wordnik.com. [Pursed Lips] Reference
Rather than rubber-necking the diners 'dishes, you pull out your mobile flight, recognise strangers and play with a stegosaurus. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
"I'd never have spotted him, if I hadn't been rubber-necking at the crowd, sort of counting scalps. From Wordnik.com. [Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley] Reference
Thankfully I wasn’t driving that day, because my rubber-necking would have certainly caused a multi-car pileup. From Wordnik.com. [Urban Legends] Reference
Beiro’s always played vintage Cuban music, I thought, side-stepping rubber-necking patrons dressed in business attire. From Wordnik.com. [A Kettle of Vultures] Reference
The rallies drew rubber-necking onlookers. From Wordnik.com. [Merced Sun-Star: front] Reference
Tiger crashes, rubber-necking just beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
'rubber-necking'. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0]
You, rubber-necking?. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Miniver] Reference
Reply: Just me "rubber-necking". From Wordnik.com. [McCain's Phil Gramm is Worse than Obama's Rev. Wright] Reference
"Gawking or rubber-necking is the absolute worst. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
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