How to Use gulf in a Sentence

gulf

noun
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  • Later: In the spring of the year birds began to arrive on the beach from across the gulf.
    — Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
  • There wasn’t always a gulf between Roberts and the right.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The gulf between the schemes appeared too vast for the Dodgers to overcome in the first inning.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Even a couple of miles can feel like too wide a gulf to cross.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a huge gulf between the testosterone ranges of men and women.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • And somehow, on a chilly Saturday night in the Bay, the gulf between the teams felt even wider.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The gulf between the author of dry wit and the recipient who doesn’t get it.
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • That appears to be a pretty wide gulf in terms of their outlook on things.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The gulf on spending between the two parties — and the two chambers — remains vast.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a massive gulf between those teams and the Orioles right now, one that is bound to close in the coming years.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The all-suite hotel offers views of the gulf and the skyline as well as butler service.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But there was a vast gulf between the Ukrainian and Russian diplomats.
    — Jared Malsin and Evan Gershkovich, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The automakers have moved closer to the UAW’s demands on wages, but a big gulf remains.
    — Tom Krisher, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The gulf between how late night talked about the queen’s death and how, um, almost everyone else talked about the queen’s death has been wild.
    — Vulture, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The gap between Oregon and Oregon State would become a vast gulf.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In 2022, the gulf recorded the second-warmest year on record, beating the old record by less than half a degree Fahrenheit.
    — Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The expedition took place May 10-26, and crisscrossed a corner of the gulf where the few remaining vaquitas had last been seen.
    — Mark Stevenson, ajc, 8 June 2023
  • The gulf between my grandfathers couldn’t be bridged with words, even though Yeye had brought a friend to interpret.
    — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2022
  • That makes the mortality gulf between Black and white children all the more striking.
    — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 13 June 2023
  • And in the Dodgers’ 10-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, the gulf between the two grew ever-more wide.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The gulf between how Israel and much of the world thinks about events in Gaza is growing, and with it the risk of regional escalation.
    — Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
  • This has proven problematic in France, where there is a gulf in trust between the state and its citizens.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The gulf between Republicans and Democrats just expanded a bit in the Senate as well.
    — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But there remains a gulf in perception across Europe between west and east, big and small.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Yet there has always been a gulf between the legal fight and the practical realities on the ground.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • Using words, images, sounds and movements, students gave voice to the grief that follows in the wake of foiled plans, missed chances and the enormous gulf between what could have been and what was.
    — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The gulf between his public persona — and his genuine good works — and what he has been accused of doing is enormous.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Naturally, that is a more expensive laptop, but the gulf in price isn’t so steep.
    — PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The 84-44 final score somehow still understated the gulf in talent between the teams.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a wide gulf between writing and singing your own songs and saying something elegant while giving an awards show thank you speech in an arena packed with the music world’s biggest stars while being honored for those accomplishments.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024

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