gouge

Example Sentences

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South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus admitted "the optics weren't great" after legendary lock Eben Etzebeth was sent off for an eye gouge against Wales.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 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

It took him ten minutes to gouge out a hole that he judged to be right.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli