How to Use gully in a Sentence

gully

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The gully protected the remains from damage by the glacier.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• In this gully, there is a darkness that can only be tasted.
  — Hazlitt, 26 July 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
• Dramatic photos show the steep gully with what looks like clouds obstructing the peak.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
• What once was a gully has been transformed into a floral paradise.
  — Anna Haines, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• 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
• More than 100 spectators, watching from a hot, bare, brown knoll across a gully from the blast center, saw a large rusty-colored cloud of granite dust billow from the torn mountain.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• Digging in Nyayanga The Nyayanga excavation site where the stone tools were found is a lush, tropical place with deep gullies.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
• The tree line ends at 1,500 feet, so unlike in the northeast or the Rockies the view consisted only of icy cornices, peaks, and gullies sheathed in a penetrating blanket of snow.
  — David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Watch the Narrows An ideal funnel to watch is where a gully rises up from the lowlands to the narrowest part of a wooded ridge and another gully falls away on the other side of the pinch point.
  — Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
• Records of comings and goings from the park were examined, and all around it, teams conducted grid searches through gullies and deep brush, and under yellowing trees.
  — Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Aerial and satellite imagery reviewed by the AP show the gully has long been choked with thick grass, shrubs, small trees, and trash, which a severe summer drought turned into tinder-dry fuel for fires.
  — Michael Biesecker, Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
• The route then makes a gradual milelong straight shot downhill overlooking a gully where the faint scribble of Little Rock Trail is visible on the red ledges below.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• Roads cut off streams and bleed sediment; meanwhile, floods often erode roadbeds into muddy gullies.
  — WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
• The Los Angeles Country Club’s barranca, a narrow gully, winds through the course, providing drainage during rainy season and a challenge to the players.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 15 June 2023
• 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
• The road across Independence Pass snakes along multiple switchbacks carved into the mountains, and deep avalanche gullies overhang along large sections.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 11 May 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024