variants
also gulley
as in trench
a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of gully
Prosecutors say he was spotted pushing a burning car down a nearby gully before the fire broke out.
—
Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 July 2024
Rilles are long, shallow gullies carved by flowing lava.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
The namesake of this Balboa Park gully isn't a tree at all.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Inside, the labyrinth was made of dark doorways, steep-sided gullies, dead ends, and sudden sunlit openings.
—Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gully 
Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 July 2024
Rilles are long, shallow gullies carved by flowing lava.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
The namesake of this Balboa Park gully isn't a tree at all.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Inside, the labyrinth was made of dark doorways, steep-sided gullies, dead ends, and sudden sunlit openings.
—Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gully
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gully
Noun
-
Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
17 Jan. 2025
-
In the photo, there's a line around the moon's equator that resembles the equatorial trench around the Death Star.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.—
Thomas Fuller,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
-
But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
-
Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
-
New geophysical surveys and coring of the wadi would shed more light on the hydrological aspects of the area, while other surveys might reveal where the eastward tunnels of the pyramid lead.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
5 Aug. 2024
-
The building was built in a wadi.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2022
Noun
-
Those embers can ride high winds for multiple miles to nestle in dry leaves or pine needles clogging a gutter, a wood-shingle roof, or shrubs, trees and other flammable vegetation close to a structure.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
-
Once one house starts—with a spark that catches on dry leaves in a rain gutter or drifts into an attic through a vent—the fire spreads house to house.—
Elizabeth Miller,
Outside Online,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
-
Guiding me into the highlands for red deer, a 300-pound ungulate that lives above timberline amid the picturesque heather, is John Caithness, an affable fifty-something veteran stalker who knows the many hidden coulees and pastures of the estate where stags tend to frequent.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
Noun
-
Following last year’s Bridge fire, which scorched habitat in the East Fork of the San Gabriel River, 503 rainbows — in addition to Santa Ana speckled dace, Santa Ana sucker and arroyo chub — were relocated to nearby streams, Evans said.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
-
Flowers included arroyo lupine and California poppies.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
6 Dec. 2024
-
The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.—
Alison Osius,
Outside Online,
1 Nov. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near gully
Cite this Entry
“Gully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gully. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share