gauze

Example Sentences

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Her upper body rotates over the chair back and she gently pulls up one of her transparent gauze sleeves as if preparing for a pleasant conversation with us, her audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Chapman had applied gauze to Williams' mouth, not a scalpel.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

The first-aid kit in your “go-bag” should have standard supplies, but double-check that you’ve got bandages and gauze, medical tape, antibiotic cream, antacids, anti-diarrhea medications, antihistamines and over-the-counter pain relievers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

But it’s her dreamy delivery of Alfred Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott” that stops time, wraps it in gauze and conveys the full tragedy of a heroine yearning to be known and, yet, hidden away.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

On day two, I switched over from having my entire forearm wrapped in white gauze to what’s basically a giant Band-Aid.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone