Example Sentences

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Someone had gouged out the two S’s in a Cesar Chavez quote about “drawing the goodne...” out of students.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Within two minutes of slamming into Earth, the asteroid, which was at least six miles wide, had gouged a crater about eighteen miles deep and lofted twenty-five trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2019

He said one of the bolts that secured them had been bent and another had gouged a groove in the asphalt.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2014

He saw the two bright red scratches on the back ofJerry Lee’s hand, like a car had gouged him from the wrist to the knuckles.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2013

He remembered the first time he’d seen Vola’s knife, how shocked he’d been when she had gouged a chip of wood off her leg.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker