Example Sentences

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But all of them had holes, and some were gaping.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024

There were gaping holes visible in the ground.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

Regrouping and retraining the army – and police – were gaping holes in trying to reconstitute an orderly civil society out of absolute shambles.

From US News • Aug. 30, 2016

He pointed to what he said were gaping holes in the case, including the claim that a music company, not Wolfe, owned the copyright to “Taurus.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2016

There were gaping rectangular spaces on the dashboard instead of air-conditioner vents, so the windows were kept down.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie