gulch

Example Sentences

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On Sunday, Dec. 11, 1921, what the Seattle Star immediately called “the greatest rainstorm ever recorded in Seattle” wreaked regional havoc, nowhere more dramatically than in the gulch.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Homes slide into a gulch in Palos Verdes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Fairfax officials readily agreed, seeing an opportunity to report another storm water cleanup project to state officials while eliminating a safety hazard caused by a deepening gulch in one of the streams.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2020

Black Draw, a gulch running through the middle of the refuge, is normally as dry as a hot sidewalk.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2020

Then Grumman turned and made his way up the gulch, and Lee looked around for the best place to make his stand.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman