have gouged
- present perfect of gouge.
Example Sentences
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One such impact a year ago was found to have gouged boulder-sized chunks of water ice surprisingly close to Mars' equator.
From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2022
When they detect signs of an impending desert storm, tortoises will clamber to areas where they have gouged catchment basins in the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
In the southern lagoon, they have gouged out an ever-widening crater and destroyed natural channels that feed the lagoon ecosystem.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2019
The oil spill is not Rennell’s first mining-related calamity: The operations have gouged red gashes in the coastline and left gaping holes in the forest.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2019
These very persons who would have gouged their neighbors' eyes to gain ten sous, lost all presence of mind and discrimination before suspicious looking girls in restaurants who pitilessly harassed and relentlessly fleeced them.
From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
