Examples of gulf in a Sentence
Noun
we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf
the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along
Verb
with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue
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Caroline Price, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
At nearly 2,500 feet long, the Fishing and Education Pier is the largest in the Gulf as well as Alabama’s only public gulf pier.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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Noun
Caroline Price Just across the gulf, another ‘imperfect’ score would soon attract attention.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
At nearly 2,500 feet long, the Fishing and Education Pier is the largest in the Gulf as well as Alabama’s only public gulf pier.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
So many gulfs separate us now: geographical, anatomical, psychological.
—Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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“Gulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gulf. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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