How to Use gash in a Sentence
- The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship.
- The dog had a bad gash in his leg.
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After the blast, Artem ran across the street and saw the gash in the building.
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Serhii Korolchuk,
Washington Post,
22 Nov. 2023
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The tank carved a gash into the side of a car and mangled the garage door.
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al,
20 Jan. 2023
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The victim fell to the floor, blood spilling from a gash in his head.
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Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2023
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The man fell off the truck and suffered a bloody gash on his head.
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Adam Ferrise,
cleveland,
10 Mar. 2021
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Ozenc was sent to the hospital with a gash to the head.
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Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com,
al,
27 Nov. 2022
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My son had a big open gash on his head and was in a neck brace.
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oregonlive,
16 Aug. 2021
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Kat had a roughly two-inch gash on the left side of her head.
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Correspondent Maureen Maher,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2021
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Noah was shot in the back, the bullet carving a 10-inch gash across his skin.
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John Woodrow Cox,
Anchorage Daily News,
24 Oct. 2022
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The first green gash of paint across the torso of one of the men sent the crowd into a frenzy.
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New York Times,
12 May 2022
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This caused a nice sized gash in my knee, and a visit to the doggie ER.
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Tony Nitti,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2022
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The gash above her right eye needed 15 stitches to fix.
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Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2023
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Countless stars lit up the heavens, with the Milky Way a pale gash across the middle.
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Laurie Hertzel,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Oct. 2023
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The driver was killed, and Fletcher was left with a large gash on his head.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
23 June 2021
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Camps on the far side of the new quarter-mile-wide gash are now cut off, except by plane.
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Zachariah Hughes,
Anchorage Daily News,
20 Sep. 2022
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In the woods at the far edge of Babyn Yar, a few hundred yards and 80 years away, a steep brown gash in the earth had the same effect.
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George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Sep. 2022
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Doctors closed the gash in her left knee with six stitches.
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Kyle Melnick,
Washington Post,
17 July 2023
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The gash drew a lot of blood, but the woman was not seriously hurt.
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orlandosentinel.com,
22 Apr. 2021
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In addition, the pipeline had a 13-inch gash in it, Ore said.
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NBC News,
5 Oct. 2021
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His injuries included a 2-inch gash on the top of his head.
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Reed Johnson,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2022
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The baker hits the button, floods the oven-deck with a gash of vapor—for how many seconds?
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James Parker,
The Atlantic,
30 Nov. 2022
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His glasses broke and blood covered his face from a gash above his eye.
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Theresa Vargas,
Washington Post,
13 Jan. 2024
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The image showed a man’s body lying on a sidewalk in a pool with a large gash in the front of his forehead.
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Phillip Jackson,
baltimoresun.com,
28 May 2021
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The other, an eight-year veteran of the NYPD, sustained a bad gash.
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Melissa Noel,
Essence,
2 Jan. 2023
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The bailiff had a gash on his head and scratches on his neck, while the officer had a broken hand, the SBI said.
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Alta Spells and Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
11 Sep. 2021
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She was given 60 stitches to close an 4-inch gash on her face.
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Hyung-Jin Kim and Jiwon Song,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2024
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The other, an officer in his eighth year with the NYPD suffered a bad gash.
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Graham Kates,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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The footage showed a sizable gash on Biles' index finger.
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Gabrielle Chung,
PEOPLE.com,
13 Aug. 2021
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While Jabbari sustained a fractured finger and a gash behind her ear, Majors maintained his innocence and claimed Jabbari was the aggressor that night.
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Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2024
- The knife slipped and gashed his finger.
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Saquon Barkley gashed the Wolverines right from the jump.
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Nick Baumgardner,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Nov. 2017
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The Browns were torched and gashed by Murray and Co. in the first half and trailed 21-10 at halftime.
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Nate Ulrich,
USA TODAY,
16 Dec. 2019
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Teams that have had success against the Browns have mostly gashed them on the ground.
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Phil Thompson,
chicagotribune.com,
8 Oct. 2019
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No team in the NFL was gashed by injury more than the Texans last fall.
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Zak Keefer,
Indianapolis Star,
23 Jan. 2018
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In a span of 10 hitters, Vargas was gashed for five hits and two walks.
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Rustin Dodd,
kansascity.com,
17 May 2017
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What if his great project were hull-gashed and sinking?
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Lance Morrow,
WSJ,
14 Dec. 2018
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When defenses gear up to stop the pass, that's when Taylor can gash them on the ground.
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Nate Atkins,
The Indianapolis Star,
21 July 2022
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The Broncos’ defense, gashed for 219 yards in the first half, forced a three-and-out on the ensuing drive.
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Ryan O’Halloran,
The Denver Post,
9 Sep. 2019
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We had been bruised and gashed and concussed, had our legs set on fire and our heads cut open.
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Catherine Cusick,
Longreads,
21 Feb. 2018
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New York has the worst run defense in the league and has been gashed multiple times for big plays.
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Drew Davison,
star-telegram,
8 Dec. 2017
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The Panthers were gashed for 248 yards in upset loss to Redskins.
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Ryan O’Halloran,
The Denver Post,
4 Dec. 2019
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At times last year, the Frogs were gashed by teams that schemed to challenge linebackers in the passing game.
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Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
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European Union flags gashed with red X's flew above the crowd.
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Petula Dvorak,
Washington Post,
5 May 2017
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In San Francisco, vandals gashed tires and hung a bike in a tree.
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Otis R. Taylor Jr.,
SFChronicle.com,
13 Feb. 2020
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On second down, LeGarrette Blount gashed his former team for 36 yards to the Pats’ 34 on a draw.
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Carlos Monarrez,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Feb. 2018
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The shot narrowly missed him but kicked up a fragment of brick that gashed his right hand.
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The Economist,
16 Aug. 2019
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But if the defense focuses on shutting down the pass, the Falcons will gash it on the ground.
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Steven Ruiz,
USA TODAY,
3 July 2017
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The jacket was gashed, a police photo shows, but the woman was not cut.
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Mark Gillespie,
Cincinnati.com,
22 Nov. 2019
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That has caused opponents to gash the Knicks on the glass and take advantage of 2nd chance points.
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Tom Rende,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2023
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Justin Simon, who gashed Xavier on the offensive end in the first half, also fouled out.
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Patrick Brennan,
Cincinnati.com,
8 Mar. 2018
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The Packers have a middle-of-the-road rush defense at 114.9 yards per game, but they’ve been gashed on the ground in two of their three losses.
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Dave Birkett,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Dec. 2019
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The Browns expect running back Joe Mixon to be back from his concussion this game, and to try to gash the Browns.
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cleveland,
7 Dec. 2022
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Avon’s defense, which was gashed for 184 rushing yards in the first half, came up with big plays when needed.
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cleveland,
26 Oct. 2019
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Here the Chiefs almost always align in a light 4–2, and against agile runners they get gashed.
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Andy Benoit,
SI.com,
9 Feb. 2018
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The leopard managed to gash one of the porcupine’s legs, according to the couple who filmed the scene.
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Michael Greshko,
National Geographic,
1 Mar. 2017
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Christie’s leg was gashed during the fall and she was taken to the hospital, ending her medal hopes.
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Jenna West,
SI.com,
17 Feb. 2018
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And the defense, despite being gashed both on its very first play and at the end of the half, forced three consecutive punts.
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Orion Sang,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Jan. 2020
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Boston shot 17-of-36 from three, not dissimilar to the way the Sixers gashed the Heat from outside in the first round.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
SI.com,
30 Apr. 2018
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This is a defense that has been last in the NFL in yards passing since that season opener and repeatedly has been gashed for explosive moments.
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Jeff Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Nov. 2023
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