Example Sentences
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“No, I wasn’t gonged, thank goodness,” Ms. Mohawk wrote in a 2016 post on the blog Rockasteria.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Those who weren’t gonged were rated by the judges on a 1-to-10 scale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2017
But the critics have also been saying that, as a unit, the Beach Boys are singing well, and not fit to be gonged just yet.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2012
Meanwhile, as a standup, he was being gonged off stage at have-a-go comedy nights before he'd said a word – for looking young and wearing silly jumpers.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2011
The metal trash can gonged as he spat the gum inside.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
