How to Use gauze in a Sentence

gauze

noun

• He wrapped the wound in gauze.
• Some of the gauze was packed with moss, which absorbed blood.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
• Drape gauze from one shoulder to the other, then down front of gown.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 19 Sep. 2017
• Hopkins cleans the wound on the man’s arm and wraps it in white gauze and a new bandage.
  — Staff Report, Cincinnati.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• A small girl, her head wrapped in gauze, walked past the soldiers holding her mother’s hand.
  — Washington Post, 5 July 2017
• One of the white nationalists left the park bleeding, his head wrapped in gauze.
  — Brian M. Rosenthal, The Seattle Times, 12 Aug. 2017
• This is the equivalent of offering a gauze pad to treat a broken back.
  — David Lazarus, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
• Some of them cradle freshly broken arms or begin wrapping white gauze around new gashes on their hands and ankles.
  — Fahrinisa Oswald, Slate Magazine, 6 July 2017
• The collection includes four sheet masks made with a gauze-like lace as a base and infused with super-hydrating serum.
  — Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 16 Aug. 2017
• Loosely apply a dry bandage, gauze or clean cotton clothing to the area and take a mild pain reliever for minor burns that don't affect the face.
  — Steve Almasy and Muhammad Darwish, CNN, 15 July 2017
• This pack is stocked with crucial items like fabric bandages, gauze pads, and burn gel to treat common trail injuries effectively, but that's just the start of what's in stock.
  — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
• Helmut Lang’s silk gauze jumpsuit of 1999, its cowl neck just begging for a space helmet, is the ghost of an astronaut.
  — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2017
• The office contained a reclining chair, drills and parts, picks, an air compressor, gauze, drugs, mold-making equipment and other items, police said.
  — Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 June 2017
• Parker, on the other hand, used the power of social media to ask for donations for animal supplies, such as food, collars, medicine, gauze, kennels, etc.
  — Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2017
• Vaginal seeding has new moms who have just undergone a C-section coating their newborn in their own vaginal fluids (which have been collected or absorbed by a swab or gauze).
  — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• First aid items: Bandages, gauze, pads, first aid tape, antiseptic creams, hydrogen peroxide, alcohol, latex gloves, instant cold packs.
  — Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• In the test, the virus couldn't move and was locked in place on a piece of gauze.
  — Bymorgan Korn, ABC News, 26 June 2022
• With a pair of bright shears, the nurse sliced away a nest of white tape and gauze.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• The air smells charred and dusty as the sun climbs behind a high gauze of smoke.
  — Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2021
• The suspect wrapped white gauze around his face and arms, the FBI said.
  — Amanda Jackson and Pierre Meilhan, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
• Finish the look with black gauze and a few paper stars on the door.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2022
• There’s a front gauze that drops down when the car is about to go anywhere.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2024
• After the paint dries, wrap the pins in gauze bandages.
  — Heather Jeffcoat, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• We were very inspired by her and loved that look of gauze.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 8 May 2024
• The floor is dirty, and from some angles, the white dust on the floor looks like a layer of gauze.
  — Washington Post, 26 May 2022
• Netting or gauze dipped in red dye and draped over the lanterns gives the ghosts their floaty form.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2022
• Or, grab a first-aid kit and wrap your pumpkin in gauze.
  — Mali Anderson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2017
• Pour it through a gauze into a glass jar to filter, then place the jar in the fridge.
  — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 20 June 2024
• In a kitchen full of strangers, keep the gauze, burn ointment and paramedics on standby.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2021
• From terry-cloth tracksuits to gauze jumpsuits, Kondi makes dressing for hot summer days a breeze.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024