Examples of gunk in a Sentence
The engine was all full of gunk.
I need to wipe this gunk off my hands.
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Neurons, firing hundreds of times per second, get clogged with their own gunk—and the accumulation of that gunk is what triggers the need to sleep.
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Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Plus, the liner is easy to de-gunk after trips with soap and water (or a good hose-down).
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
Your pores might be congested with gunk or product residue.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 8 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Plus, the liner is easy to de-gunk after trips with soap and water (or a good hose-down).
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
Your pores might be congested with gunk or product residue.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for gunk
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“Gunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunk. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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