gashes
Example Sentences
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My body was covered in a handful of enlarged mosquito bites, many of them already open gashes from my relentless itching.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Satellite images of Yapacana National Park in Amazonas show deep gashes in the earth, where miners have dug enormous open pits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
On the salvaged tiles alone, you can find salt efflorescence, water stains, fretting, lichen, smears of soot, scratches and gashes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
Other required gear: a whistle, goggles, compression bandage for emergency gashes and a tether for teams.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
The wall brought to my mind the bleeding slabs of meat Rosaleen used to cook, the gashes she made up and down them, stuffing them with pieces of wild, bitter garlic.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
