How to Use gorge in a Sentence
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In the gorge itself, the highs will be in only the mid-30s.
— oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022 -
Be sure to keep your eyes open to see the amazing views of the gorge.
— Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 -
There were no cliffs in this section of the gorge and no need for ropes.
— Edmund Vallance, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021 -
At some places, the walls of the gorge tower 1,500 feet above the river bed.
— Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2023 -
The gorge is one of the largest canyons on the East Coast and is nearly 1,000 feet deep at some points.
— Henri Hollis, ajc, 23 Apr. 2021 -
Just north of the bluffs is a gorge deep in the earth — dubbed Cedar Gorge for the cedar trees shading it from view.
— Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2022 -
The ice gorge crushed and sank the Princess, one of the passenger steamboats to Coney Island.
— Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2022 -
The men were probably the first to ever descend the gorge.
— Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024 -
The seven-mile Gorge Trail is open year-round, taking hikers along the edge of the gorge.
— Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023 -
And then in Ithaca, the trend is going to the gorges, going to the waterfalls.
— Sheryl Lee Ralph, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2023 -
The train takes passengers 44 miles into the gorge from Bryson City and back over 4½ hours.
— Curtis Tate, USA TODAY, 6 July 2020 -
This is a much less crowded path, with stunning aerial views of the gorge.
— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 -
A number of events are included, such as 5K and 10K runs, a 1-mile walk, gorge hikes and more.
— cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Fun fact: The trail also extends to the Washington state side of the gorge for even more choices.
— Lilly Graves, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023 -
His mother, however, died near the bottom of the gorge.
— Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Swaying 80 feet above the gorge, the bridge offers the best views of the waterfalls and river below.
— Hunter Boyce, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The aircraft’s fuselage was split into parts that were scattered down the gorge.
— Sheikh Saaliq, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023 -
While the waterfall is most visible in the spring, when the ice is melting off the peaks above, the gorge itself is worth the trip.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2023 -
Ada has her encounter with something—this strange vibe, in a gorge in Greece years before the action in the book takes place.
— Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 20 June 2023 -
Winds will still be gusty at times, especially near the gorge.
— oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2023 -
All the seating is at outdoor tables: Wait in line and then, with a tray of brisket or beef rib and sides in hand, find a seat in the shade and gorge.
— Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022 -
Gaurav Gurung said the plane fell nose-first towards its left and then crashed into the gorge.
— BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023 -
Aerial photos of the crash site showed aircraft parts scattered on rocks and moss on the side of a mountain gorge.
— Fox News, 30 May 2022 -
Swipe a shimmery blue glitter all over the lids and blend into your lash line to recreate this gorge eye.
— Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Winter storm warnings along the gorge will lift by 1 p.m. Sunday.
— oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023 -
The area is deep in a gorge, reachable only by foot, helicopter, horse or mule.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023 -
But the only human presence was a pair of tiny figures walking along the rocky bed of the gorge below.
— Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2021 -
Those near the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge will also have gusty winds as a stronger offshore flow draws air in from the gorge.
— oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2022 -
The 17-mile park lies along the Genesee River, which roars through the gorge over three major waterfalls.
— Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022 -
There’s also the flat easy Rim Trail that stays topside meandering through old farmland and past ancient field houses, with nice views into the gorge.
— Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
- We gorged on chips and cookies.
- We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies.
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This was the year to gorge on Wong Kar-wai films or sink into Tolstoy.
— Raymond Ang, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020 -
Rather than flee, the bees zoom inside the hive and gorge on honey deposits.
— Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 28 Nov. 2020 -
My people will gorge on the once proud people of the Theocracy.
— WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Chief among them is that kids have been gorging on Kit-Kats and Starbursts for decades, on this one day a year.
— Melissa Willets, Parents, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Gulls run across beaches, mouths open wide, and gorge on the throngs of adults covering the shoreline.
— Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022 -
As a child Jünger gorged on westerns and penny dreadfuls.
— Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023 -
Now imagine that version of Screech gorging on one of his friends as part of his service to an Antler Queen.
— Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023 -
But to their credit, the Suns didn’t gorge themselves on excuses.
— Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021 -
Knowing that food will become more difficult to find in winter, all species of cats can gorge in the fall.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Along the way, riders will gorge on blueberry pie, the best lobster rolls in the state, and mussels straight from a mussel farm.
— Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022 -
Bears can lose up to one-third of their body weight during hibernation, and thus need to gorge during the warmer months.
— Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Glee fans, Broadway stans, and people who love mess—can gorge ourselves on the spectacle of it all.
— Jenny Singer, Glamour, 11 July 2022 -
Without predators, plant eaters such as aphids and caterpillars are free to gorge.
— Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023 -
And, of course, cicadas are a boon to our wildlife, which gorge themselves on their nutritious snack-size bodies.
— Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 13 May 2021 -
Western guides tell of giant stonefly and other big bug hatches where trout gorge for a brief time and then quit.
— Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 June 2021 -
Michael Morbius thinks the secret to a cure may lie in blood-sucking bats, who gorge themselves on the red stuff and somehow manage to process it just fine.
— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Banks that got into trouble were ones that churned out such loans or gorged on them in securitized form.
— Telis Demos, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2023 -
Trout and reds hungry from spending the winter in rivers and creeks where bait is scarce pour out into the coastal feeding areas to gorge on shrimp and baitfish.
— Frank Sargeant, al, 12 Mar. 2021 -
Most guests here opt for the all-inclusive package to gorge on fresh Poisson Cru and French cuisine at the island’s two restaurants.
— Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023 -
Instead of continuing to gorge on the names that have thrived, this is the moment for embracing the overlooked and unglamorous.
— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2022 -
Parents lathered their toddlers in sunscreen, kids downed ice pops and teenagers gorged on hot pretzels.
— Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023 -
The fat animals, which gorge this time of year in order to build up fat for hibernation, are then voted on.
— Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2020 -
And can Nevada afford to lavish the A’s with cash after the Raiders, and movie studios, and Tesla have already bellied up to the trough to gorge on public funds?
— Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023 -
But this July Fourth holiday, don't gorge yourself on hot dogs.
— Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022 -
In pre-pandemic times, the turkeys at Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma would gorge on grass, bugs and fruit deep into autumn, free to balloon in size unchecked.
— Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020 -
The ending of the pilot that aired on Prime looks completely different from the final lines of this script, with Dre gorging on a pie after killing Khalid.
— Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023 -
These diminutive crustaceans can lie dormant for years until a dose of rain sends them wriggling to the surface, which is why seagulls fly inland from the coast to the high deserts to gorge on them.
— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023 -
And Emma Stone gorges on it in a fearless, career-defining lead performance.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
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