Example Sentences

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I love it but the high cost of living here is gouging me.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2023

Fans don’t want to think their favorite artist is gouging.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2017

But those taking the course must pay a fee, and Karp warns that it would be counterproductive if the company is gouging shoplifters.

From Time • Aug. 15, 2016

While one gentleman is gouging the other,—as cannot but be expected,—the Doctor will be at any rate in security, enjoying the smiles of beauty under his own fig-tree at Bowick.

From Dr. Wortle's School by Trollope, Anthony