Examples of gulf in a Sentence
Noun
we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf
the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along
Verb
with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
She and her friends have even been mocked by white gay men for asking for small favors like a free drink or space in the dinner line at a festival, despite the wide gulf in privilege and resources.
—Delilah Friedler, Them., 16 Sep. 2025
Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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Institutional and individual investors from the GCC sold 34.6 million riyals ($9.5 million) of Qatari stocks on Monday, the most in a single trading session since March 21.
—Glen Carey, Bloomberg.com, 30 May 2017
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Noun
And there is no greater gulf, perhaps, than the two days between the end of the regular season and the start of the postseason.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
She and her friends have even been mocked by white gay men for asking for small favors like a free drink or space in the dinner line at a festival, despite the wide gulf in privilege and resources.
—Delilah Friedler, Them., 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
So many gulfs separate us now: geographical, anatomical, psychological.
—Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
Read More: Gulf Spat Escalates as Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Media Attack Qatar
Institutional and individual investors from the GCC sold 34.6 million riyals ($9.5 million) of Qatari stocks on Monday, the most in a single trading session since March 21.
—Glen Carey, Bloomberg.com, 30 May 2017
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“Gulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gulf. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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