Example Sentences

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The Americas with Simon Reeve is an amiable travelogue in which a dishy documentarian gads about the US.

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2019

When the Senate is not sitting, he gads about the country publicizing golf tournaments on public links.

From Time Magazine Archive

She got disgusted and said, Ye gads, like ABC gum, already been chewed.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Cedar shovels, mauls, copper gads or wedges, charcoal, and ashes were discovered, over which “primeval” forest trees had grown to full size.

From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)

When Lawn Dyarrig came to the opening with the gads all twisted and made into one, they hadn’t the ribs of the basket in the ground yet.

From The Irish Fairy Book by Various