gashes

Example Sentences

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Satellite images of Yapacana National Park in Amazonas show deep gashes in the earth, where miners have dug enormous open pits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

In 2024, the Northern California city of Brentwood paid $967,000 to a shoplifter who suffered severe dog bites and gashes to her scalp.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

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

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

Most of them had blisters and deep gashes of wounds on their eyes and feet - some of them are undergoing treatment in hospital.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

Two long, deep dimples appear like gashes on either side of his mouth.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez