gouge

Example Sentences

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That doesn’t mean that the grocers can’t gouge shoppers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Formulaic demands of the PGA Tour, where bomb and gouge to receptive greens is such a profitable pursuit, were not the qualities required last week.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

Underwater footage appeared to show the plane partially afloat, with at least one wheel creating a gouge in the fragile coral.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2023

By 160 million years ago, lampreys were larger than ever before, actively swimming after fish to gouge out flesh from their prey like living ice cream scoops.

From National Geographic • Oct. 31, 2023

“I talked to your father,” her mom continued, and Hazel’s eyes snapped to the long gouge she’d made in the table when she was seven and wanted to play Excalibur.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu