gouge

Example Sentences

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Formulaic demands of the PGA Tour, where bomb and gouge to receptive greens is such a profitable pursuit, were not the qualities required last week.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

Pressing her body down for leverage, she scraped the wood with a gouge, removing layers, her hands steady and firm.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

By 160 million years ago, lampreys were larger than ever before, actively swimming after fish to gouge out flesh from their prey like living ice cream scoops.

From National Geographic • Oct. 31, 2023

A third who let blackberry bushes hang over the sidewalk, ready to gouge your eyeballs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

“I talked to your father,” her mom continued, and Hazel’s eyes snapped to the long gouge she’d made in the table when she was seven and wanted to play Excalibur.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu