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

At Mississippi State, he once broke his nose in a game against Alabama, only to stuff gauze in both nostrils and return to convert a third down.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

When he appeared just 48 hours later at his party's convention in Milwaukee with gauze over his ear, some in the crowd were weeping.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

On Monday night, former President Donald Trump emerged at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee for his first public showing since Saturday’s shooting wearing a square gauze bandage over his right ear.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2024

Their features were vague through the gauze of her veil, but Nina glimpsed the tattoos on their forearms: a feral cat curled into a crown—the symbol of the Dime Lions.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo