gashes
Example Sentences
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She didn’t have a necropsy kit to do a detailed assessment, but noticed there wasn’t much blood, which might indicate it had severe gashes and died from blood loss.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
My body was covered in a handful of enlarged mosquito bites, many of them already open gashes from my relentless itching.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
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
Other required gear: a whistle, goggles, compression bandage for emergency gashes and a tether for teams.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
The earth melts into red gashes like the mouths of whales.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
