Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
World & Nation As Biden-Netanyahu gulf widens, Israeli leader vows to continue Gaza war ‘until the end’
Dec. 14, 2023
As dozens of her family members have died in Gaza, El-Sabawi has taken her grief and rage to social media.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
In the decades after, however, researchers came to understand the wide gulf between identifying a genetic problem and knowing how to solve it.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 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
In the spring of 1846, U.S. soldiers and the Texas Rangers set fire to El Fronton, a port town on the Texas gulf along the border.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Nikola Jokic dominated inside and out, transition defense was a rumor and the gulf between a legit title contender and the Warriors appeared too vast to overcome over the space of 26 games before the end of the regular season.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
The gulf is widening between champions and spectators.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
In the gulf between Logan’s unrelenting control and the futures that his kids envisioned for their family’s company, the show forced the Roy siblings to confront one another’s depravities again and again.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
Noun
That creates a significant gulf between what the city is asking and what the A’s have offered — a two-year deal worth $17 million, according to ESPN’s report, which stated that the current lease is $1.5 million per year.
—Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
World & Nation As Biden-Netanyahu gulf widens, Israeli leader vows to continue Gaza war ‘until the end’
Dec. 14, 2023
As dozens of her family members have died in Gaza, El-Sabawi has taken her grief and rage to social media.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
In the decades after, however, researchers came to understand the wide gulf between identifying a genetic problem and knowing how to solve it.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 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
In the spring of 1846, U.S. soldiers and the Texas Rangers set fire to El Fronton, a port town on the Texas gulf along the border.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Nikola Jokic dominated inside and out, transition defense was a rumor and the gulf between a legit title contender and the Warriors appeared too vast to overcome over the space of 26 games before the end of the regular season.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
The gulf is widening between champions and spectators.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
In the gulf between Logan’s unrelenting control and the futures that his kids envisioned for their family’s company, the show forced the Roy siblings to confront one another’s depravities again and again.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
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 18 Apr. 2024.
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