Explore Gully through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like valley or vale. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gully meaning
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- A drop kerb.
Using Gully
- The main meaning on this page is: A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside. | A small valley. | A drop kerb.
- Useful related words include: valley, vale.
- In the example corpus, gully often appears in combinations such as: gully boy, ferntree gully, gully and.
Context around Gully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gully
- In this selection, "gully" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ferntree, long, send, boy, road and erosion stand out and add context to how "gully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 200 metres gully which widened and and the gully vibe of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gully" sits close to words such as ammonium, asher and attaches, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a local resident explained: “This gully is deeply located and always spilling over. (14 words)
Gully Boy box office collection day 13: Gully Boy box office collection day 13 is out now. (17 words)
Gully erosion is a significant environmental problem in Nigeria, often exacerbated by poor land management practices and deforestation. (18 words)
He repeated the trick in the next, before the scoop shots came out from both players, with Vasconcelos bringing up his 50 off 39 balls, taking a single after a difficult chance was put down at gully. (37 words)
She also pointed out that when a proposal was made to fill the gully with refuse at the budding stage, youths in the area refused, placing a charge of N5,000 per trip as a condition. (36 words)
Upper Ferntree Gully CFA captain Peter Smith said although we have had this announcement, weather is not 100 per cent predictable, and some of the indicators and driving factors are still moving slower than expected. (35 words)
It looked like a coterie was at work — the kind that often decides which film wins popular awards, but it still didn’t make any sense to send ‘Gully Boy’ for the Oscars? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gully Boy box office collection day 13: Gully Boy box office collection day 13 is out now.
After that, it allegedly collided with two other vehicles at the intersection of Long Gully Road and Yamba Drive in Isaacs, where the man tried to flee on foot before being arrested.
As a local resident explained: “This gully is deeply located and always spilling over.
Duckett smartly diverts the ball into the gap at gully for a single and Crawley just places the next ball as well.
Duncan motivated the guys across the second gully, before finding a path – usually two metres wide – that was a mere 30 centimetres in width due to the extreme level of snow.
For example, at one point there was no Wallaga Lake, just a gully and the area of land known as Murunna Point was much bigger.
Gully erosion is a significant environmental problem in Nigeria, often exacerbated by poor land management practices and deforestation.
Gully questioned the board on the delinquent status of the town’s audits, and why the board had apparently been unaware of the full extent of the situation.
He repeated the trick in the next, before the scoop shots came out from both players, with Vasconcelos bringing up his 50 off 39 balls, taking a single after a difficult chance was put down at gully.
He yorked Salesbury skipper Peter Richardson for a first-ball duck, then had pro Zunaed Siddique – also first ball – brilliantly caught in the gully by Callum Mathew.
It looked like a coterie was at work — the kind that often decides which film wins popular awards, but it still didn’t make any sense to send ‘Gully Boy’ for the Oscars?
Logging couldn’t go ahead this morning because yesterday, Save Banyabba’s Koalas Valerie Thompson, bought teh ‘Gully Giants’ a reprieve.
North: Along McPherson Drive from the intersection with Oleander Drive to an imaginary line running parallel to the gully between Braeton Meadows and 6 East approximately 146 metres.
Pavan Keshari, Founder of Sparkling Wing NGO, added, "It was a pleasure collaborating with Gully Classes Foundation and Bhumi on this drive.
Police are seeking assistance in returning a lost birthday card found in the Ferntree Gully area on Saturday 14 January.
Royal Stag Boombox audaciously brings together polar opposites of the music industry, the melody of Bollywood and the gully vibe of Hip-Hop, to make original music, to create a new soundscape.
She also pointed out that when a proposal was made to fill the gully with refuse at the budding stage, youths in the area refused, placing a charge of N5,000 per trip as a condition.
Somehow the animals separated and made it to the bottom of a gully, where the lion flew into another ponderosa and the dogs once again waited below.
The residents said they were living at the mercy of the about 200 metres gully which widened more each time it rained, noting that their properties were on the verge of caving-in.
Upper Ferntree Gully CFA captain Peter Smith said although we have had this announcement, weather is not 100 per cent predictable, and some of the indicators and driving factors are still moving slower than expected.
Common combinations with gully
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gully boy 27×
- ferntree gully 15×
- gully and 10×
- the gully 10×
- at gully 7×
- gully for 5×
- gully erosion 5×
- and gully 4×
- gully in 4×
- to gully 4×