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

Now it is known as Tatuzão – Big Armadillo – for the pits that miners have gouged out of the forest.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2020

That task wasn’t too difficult, but we had to be careful placing the wheel-less radiator on our floor, as the downward-jutting screws could have gouged our floorboards.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2018

With a few more vigorous revolutions, the prow would have gouged into the bank, or taken the boat into the river on the proper direction of the wheel.

From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Ellis, Edward Sylvester