gashes

Cool water stung the gashes on my back from the myrtle branch and the cuts on my scalp from the stones.

Five people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured, and two were taken to hospital with gashes and scratches.

When Kaveh Akbar was drinking, he would regularly wake up to find new bruises or gashes on his body, or to find that he’d lost his glasses, his wallet or his car.

Weeping orange gashes oozed spores that spiraled down the harrowed bodies of the ancient giants.

Adrift offshore were a plethora of stricken yachts, some overturned, others displaying deep gashes; masts, motors and radio equipment were squished together with coconuts, fishing lines, palm fronds and other maritime detritus.