gaping

Example Sentences

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If we may: What gaping security issue are we really talking about here, anyway?

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

"There was a huge, gaping hole in the garden where the kitchen was supposed to go and the back of the house was at risk of collapse."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

They say that the gaping revenue disparity between big-market teams like the two-time defending champion Dodgers and their small-market counterparts has hurt competitive balance and alienated fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Rats still crawled through gaping holes in floorboards.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson