How to Use gully in a Sentence

gully

noun
  • Her body was leaned up against the side of the gully, with her left hand curled under her head.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • Near the end, the bear drops from view into a gully, and the moose follows at full speed.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
  • The two victims were found lying in a gully on the side of the road, police said.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The hole was 340 yards and had no bunkers, only a gully in front of the green.
    — ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In the days before our climb, that gully was the stretch that worried him most, Miller said.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • By far the most dangerous part of our descent was the return trip through the gully.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • What once was a gully has been transformed into a floral paradise.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • This process causes the ice block to meander its way down the slope, leaving a deep gully in its wake.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Over the next three hours, rescuers worked to warm up the hiker before setting off on down the steep gully.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Situated in a deep gully, the cave was hollowed out of a boulder the size of a house.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Fill gullies, check for erosion, note places that need to be filled or need drains installed or diverters placed.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Williams rode past the grounds of Maymont and stopped at the head of a steep gully that drains into the river.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Long drives over deep gullies and big ponds come often, and accuracy is always in play.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Dramatic photos show the steep gully with what looks like clouds obstructing the peak.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Tongue came on in the 87th over and duly soon removed Carey via a plan to snare him at leg gully.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Williams suggested that Prince could have been trapped in the gully behind them and killed like a fish in a barrel.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Roads cut off streams and bleed sediment; meanwhile, floods often erode roadbeds into muddy gullies.
    — WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Suddenly, the rope jerks tight, rock and debris cascade down the gully across the ridge, and Emmett goes silent.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, a new study suggests that the gullies are sculpted by slabs of dry ice that form during the Martian winter.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On the other side of a shallow gully shrouded by large trees was a clearing several football fields in size, like a meadow.
    — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Lazar says strong winds blew this new snow into gullies and depressions, depositing it onto older layers of snow.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Jan. 2026
  • These truly immense flows traveled more than 60 miles from their origin, carving out gullies as tall as skyscrapers.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Extra caution is also advised around ridgelines, gullies, and terrain features, where wind-drifted, stiffer slabs of snow tend to form.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Effective water bars can prevent runoff from concentrating on these lines and causing trenches and gullies to form.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Effective water bars can prevent runoff from concentrating on these lines and causing trenches and gullies to form.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • As these gullies erode, extremely old layers of dirt and sediment — and sometimes ancient fossils and tools — are exposed.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Footage seemingly shot by a nearby worker showed a massive wave of earth rushing down a gully, engulfing everything in its path.
    — Andrew Wilks, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The agency said rising water levels in rivers, gullies and swamps may push the reptiles into residential areas in search of dry ground.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Surrounding the inner part of the basin is terrain loaded with scarps (steep cliffs), gullies cut by flowing lava, and cracks caused by the shifting landscape.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2010
  • Flames engulfed the trail below the gully, consuming their escape route, roaring like a jet engine preparing for takeoff.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 3 Aug. 2023

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