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.
  • My son had a big open gash on his head and was in a neck brace.
    — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
  • There was a gash on her head and bruising on her body.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Kat had a roughly two-inch gash on the left side of her head.
    — Correspondent Maureen Maher, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The man fell off the truck and suffered a bloody gash on his head.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The victim fell to the floor, blood spilling from a gash in his head.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Video later showed Lang with a gash on the back of his head.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Massive gashes against the run are down.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • His glasses broke and blood covered his face from a gash above his eye.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The tank carved a gash into the side of a car and mangled the garage door.
    — al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Blood from the gash streamed down into his left eye, which was uninjured.
    — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The driver was killed, and Fletcher was left with a large gash on his head.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • Chester suffered a gash on his head, needed three staples and was deaf for a week.
    — Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2022
  • After the blast, Artem ran across the street and saw the gash in the building.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The mugger grabbed the knife and slashed his victim in the face, causing a deep gash.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ortega had glass in her foot and Perry had a gash in her leg.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Hadid appears beat up with a gash on her arm, dirt on her face, and smeared black eye makeup.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The gash drew a lot of blood, but the woman was not seriously hurt.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Ever try to slide a piece of old furniture and feel a nail gash your wooden floor?
    — CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Some were injured, including a man with bloodied jeans and a gash above an eye.
    — Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Ross suffered gashes on his right arm and left hand that required dozens of stitches.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The bloody wound resulted in stitches and a gash on her forehead.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 7 May 2018
  • The explosion shredded her calves and feet, and cut a long gash across her stomach.
    — Rich Wordsworth, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Tyler’s face had a gash going down his cheek, with a smaller gash on his eye and stitches on his brow.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This caused a nice sized gash in my knee, and a visit to the doggie ER.
    — Tony Nitti, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022

gash

2 of 2 verb
  • The knife slipped and gashed his finger.
  • In both games, the defense failed to stop the run and was gashed by chunk plays.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The pictures show scars and gashes around the dog's snout.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Suggs looked down to see that his arm had been gashed open and was dripping blood.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • In the run game, the Steelers were often gashed by big runs.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For the second straight week, the Giants were gashed by the ground game.
    — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The shot narrowly missed him but kicked up a fragment of brick that gashed his right hand.
    — The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Teams that have had success against the Browns have mostly gashed them on the ground.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • European Union flags gashed with red X's flew above the crowd.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • The jacket was gashed, a police photo shows, but the woman was not cut.
    — Mark Gillespie, Cincinnati.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • In a span of 10 hitters, Vargas was gashed for five hits and two walks.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 17 May 2017
  • 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
  • In San Francisco, vandals gashed tires and hung a bike in a tree.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The front lid appears to be barely hanging on by a thread, with cuts and gashes throughout.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The front lid appears to be barely hanging on by a thread, with cuts and gashes throughout.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
  • At times last year, the Frogs were gashed by teams that schemed to challenge linebackers in the passing game.
    — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • His lip had been gashed and his friend Alfonso Martinez had been stabbed.
    — New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Heupel spreads out his receivers in an attempt to spread out the defense, then gashes them with the run.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That has caused opponents to gash the Knicks on the glass and take advantage of 2nd chance points.
    — Tom Rende, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • No team in the NFL was gashed by injury more than the Texans last fall.
    — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2018
  • When both gashed their elbow skin open on the 4S Ranch 10U all-star team.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Justin Simon, who gashed Xavier on the offensive end in the first half, also fouled out.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The Dolphins were gashed by Daniel Jones and the Colts in Week 1.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Betty allegedly swung the ax down, gashing Montgomery's toe in the process.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
  • 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

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