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Gus

American  
[guhs] / gʌs /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.


Example Sentences

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The match was his only appearance of the series and came after injuries to Mark Wood, Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson.

From BBC

“Voltify’s mission to eliminate emissions in the heavy rail industry aligns with ours at Fortescue, and we’re encouraged by the solutions they are working on,” said Gus Pichot, chief of growth and energy at Fortescue.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gus Atkinson made just four Surrey appearances, Brydon Carse one for Durham, Jofra Archer bowled just 18 overs for Sussex and Mark Wood did not play at all for Durham as he continued his recovery from knee surgery.

From BBC

Its narrator, Augusta “Gus” Bird, is a young English ceramics student in Italy who gets entangled with two other British transplants: Mary Finbow, a painting student, and Jean Guest, an unlicensed therapist and life coach who inspires her patients to become dependent upon her.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gus’s interest in Mary—whose mother, Anna, is a television host in London—turns romantic after she becomes Mary’s model for a semester.

From The Wall Street Journal