gaping

Example Sentences

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While health insurance and long-term-care coverage helps, gaping financial holes can still remain.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

A gaping hole could be seen on one side of the church, with flames visible from the roof which has been partially destroyed.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Somehow, even if they do, there is a successive chain of Agriculture Department inspectors, including at slaughterhouses and things like that, that are going to notice a gaping wound on an animal.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Immigrant banks such as Jarmulowsky’s, the author writes, “were fundamentally American businesses, interested in reaping profits within the capitalist system by filling a gaping hole: serving the foreign-born.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Maddy is standing in our path, gaping at us.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan