How to Use gash in a Sentence

gash

1 of 2 noun

• The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship.
• The dog had a bad gash in his leg.
• After the blast, Artem ran across the street and saw the gash in the building.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• The tank carved a gash into the side of a car and mangled the garage door.
  — al, 20 Jan. 2023
• The victim fell to the floor, blood spilling from a gash in his head.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
• The man fell off the truck and suffered a bloody gash on his head.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
• Ozenc was sent to the hospital with a gash to the head.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 27 Nov. 2022
• My son had a big open gash on his head and was in a neck brace.
  — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
• Kat had a roughly two-inch gash on the left side of her head.
  — Correspondent Maureen Maher, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2021
• Noah was shot in the back, the bullet carving a 10-inch gash across his skin.
  — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2022
• The first green gash of paint across the torso of one of the men sent the crowd into a frenzy.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• This caused a nice sized gash in my knee, and a visit to the doggie ER.
  — Tony Nitti, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• The gash above her right eye needed 15 stitches to fix.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
• Countless stars lit up the heavens, with the Milky Way a pale gash across the middle.
  — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The driver was killed, and Fletcher was left with a large gash on his head.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 June 2021
• Camps on the far side of the new quarter-mile-wide gash are now cut off, except by plane.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2022
• 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.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
• Doctors closed the gash in her left knee with six stitches.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
• The gash drew a lot of blood, but the woman was not seriously hurt.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• In addition, the pipeline had a 13-inch gash in it, Ore said.
  — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2021
• His injuries included a 2-inch gash on the top of his head.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
• The baker hits the button, floods the oven-deck with a gash of vapor—for how many seconds?
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2022
• His glasses broke and blood covered his face from a gash above his eye.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
• The image showed a man’s body lying on a sidewalk in a pool with a large gash in the front of his forehead.
  — Phillip Jackson, baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2021
• The other, an eight-year veteran of the NYPD, sustained a bad gash.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 2 Jan. 2023
• The bailiff had a gash on his head and scratches on his neck, while the officer had a broken hand, the SBI said.
  — Alta Spells and Rebekah Riess, CNN, 11 Sep. 2021
• She was given 60 stitches to close an 4-inch gash on her face.
  — Hyung-Jin Kim and Jiwon Song, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
• The other, an officer in his eighth year with the NYPD suffered a bad gash.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2023
• The footage showed a sizable gash on Biles' index finger.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• The run-in between each man’s head left Birch short one tooth and opened a gash in Murray’s forehead.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022

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gash

2 of 2 verb

• The knife slipped and gashed his finger.
• Saquon Barkley gashed the Wolverines right from the jump.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2017
• The Browns were torched and gashed by Murray and Co. in the first half and trailed 21-10 at halftime.
  — Nate Ulrich, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2019
• Teams that have had success against the Browns have mostly gashed them on the ground.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
• No team in the NFL was gashed by injury more than the Texans last fall.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2018
• In a span of 10 hitters, Vargas was gashed for five hits and two walks.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 17 May 2017
• What if his great project were hull-gashed and sinking?
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
• When defenses gear up to stop the pass, that's when Taylor can gash them on the ground.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2022
• The Broncos’ defense, gashed for 219 yards in the first half, forced a three-and-out on the ensuing drive.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• We had been bruised and gashed and concussed, had our legs set on fire and our heads cut open.
  — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 21 Feb. 2018
• New York has the worst run defense in the league and has been gashed multiple times for big plays.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 8 Dec. 2017
• The Panthers were gashed for 248 yards in upset loss to Redskins.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2019
• At times last year, the Frogs were gashed by teams that schemed to challenge linebackers in the passing game.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
• European Union flags gashed with red X's flew above the crowd.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
• In San Francisco, vandals gashed tires and hung a bike in a tree.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 13 Feb. 2020
• On second down, LeGarrette Blount gashed his former team for 36 yards to the Pats’ 34 on a draw.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Feb. 2018
• The shot narrowly missed him but kicked up a fragment of brick that gashed his right hand.
  — The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
• But if the defense focuses on shutting down the pass, the Falcons will gash it on the ground.
  — Steven Ruiz, USA TODAY, 3 July 2017
• The jacket was gashed, a police photo shows, but the woman was not cut.
  — Mark Gillespie, Cincinnati.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• That has caused opponents to gash the Knicks on the glass and take advantage of 2nd chance points.
  — Tom Rende, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Justin Simon, who gashed Xavier on the offensive end in the first half, also fouled out.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2019
• The Browns expect running back Joe Mixon to be back from his concussion this game, and to try to gash the Browns.
  — cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
• Avon’s defense, which was gashed for 184 rushing yards in the first half, came up with big plays when needed.
  — cleveland, 26 Oct. 2019
• Here the Chiefs almost always align in a light 4–2, and against agile runners they get gashed.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• The leopard managed to gash one of the porcupine’s legs, according to the couple who filmed the scene.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
• Christie’s leg was gashed during the fall and she was taken to the hospital, ending her medal hopes.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• And the defense, despite being gashed both on its very first play and at the end of the half, forced three consecutive punts.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2020
• Boston shot 17-of-36 from three, not dissimilar to the way the Sixers gashed the Heat from outside in the first round.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Betty allegedly swung the ax down, gashing Montgomery's toe in the process.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023

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