- a variation of gully.
gulley
1 Americannoun
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gulleys
plural
noun
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gulleys
plural
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He found a narrow gulley that had been cut between the thorns and followed it through a zigzag turn to a small clearing, where he bent in the dark and patted the earthy floor.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
The topography along this edge was the perfect dimension for golf holes, Fought told us, necessitating just the fill of one minor gulley that slashed across what is now the 12th fairway.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 4, 2018
The ship lay, Mr Mearns wrote, on the lower flank of a narrow gulley at a depth of 2,059m.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2014
Rawles is a vivid presence, and Spokane resident Walter has a wit as dry as an Eastern Washington gulley.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2010
I follow the one path that angles down and sure enough, before long, I’m in a gulley.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
A woman, in a rhinestone shirt, told me that she wanted to convene her fellow cyclists to whizz by the gulleys and alleyways around Tucson, searching for clues in the muck.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The breakaway contingent rumbled through villages and along a road that cut through patches of forest and flat farmland, skirting gulleys carved out by tributaries of the Don River.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2023
The next day members of the motorcycle club headed northeast, crossing into badlands of Arizona’s Painted Desert, engines roaring amid the red mesas and cottonwood gulleys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
With no trees to hold back the mountains, monsoon season sent rivers of sediment coursing through the gulleys, spilling over roads and onto the homes below.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
It was pitted with crevices, so when the waves crashed against the wall, the water spewed out of these holes like white gulleys.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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