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Example sentences for "gobs"

Lexicographically close words:
gobies; goblet; goblets; goblin; goblins; gociations; goda; godchild; godchildren; godd
  1. Propeller's still there," breathed one of the gobs in relief.

  2. But we must return to the Doctor and his crew of gobs who had been left on the submarine.

  3. Gobs had surely never been put to a test like that in any navy-yard training station!

  4. Then he thought of the men they had so unexpectedly left behind; of the Doctor who depended upon him, and of the gobs who had served under him, a boy, so faithfully.

  5. Dave cast a quick glance down at those two gobs of orange in the water, and groaned in bitter exasperation.

  6. In ten minutes grinning Navy gobs helped Dave and Freddy into the boat.

  7. Gobs A London name for the game of "Hucklebones.

  8. It begins with taking two "gobs" at once, and apparently there are eight stones or gobs to play with.

  9. They did not throw all four stones down as a preliminary stage, but began with the second figure, the four gobs being placed in a square ::, nor were they particular as to which stones they picked up.

  10. You're certainly showing some of the citizens of Marion the difference between good ice and frozen gobs of pestilence.

  11. The kettle full of mashed potatoes looked as if a bomb had fallen into it; there were gobs of mashed potatoes all around on the trees and ground for about ten feet.

  12. I began gathering up the gobs of omelet from his head and his shoulders, while the girls sat on the ground all around and just laughed and laughed.

  13. Let them haud their fule gobs then & brag us ne mair, With their clarty bit au'd Corporation; For it's varry weel knawn Sheels pays her full share For to keep Mister Mayor iv his station.

  14. Inside were shelving masses and gobs of glowing cinder.

  15. When he finished the big holes, I gave him small gobs of mud, dipping my hands in a bucket of water between each two, to keep the stuff from sticking.

  16. The smaller gobs of molten stuff made minor centres of spatter of their own.

  17. All three of 'em had gobs of the green and I figured on making 'em all move out to Seattle or somewhere by the time me and the dog got through with them.

  18. Along the roads Australian and New Zealand horsemen go riding hard, with their horses' flanks splashed with heavy gobs of mud.

  19. The water of the canal was but a foul slime stained with gobs of colour.

  20. A dozen more followed his lead, squirming up and staring, shaking gobs of mud from their fur.

  21. Even the man's face was splattered, his clothing encrusted with gobs of still-damp mud.

  22. The hot gobs of taffy clinging to his expansive, woolen sock-encased feet caused him such intense pain, the old man endeavored to introduce a new stunt, namely, to throw both feet in the air at the same time.

  23. Gobs of the hot stuff sticking to his feet, pressing up between his toes, the old man introduced a dance--a high kicking dance that would have won him fame and fortune on the stage.

  24. So with our bone knives we hacked off gobs of the still warm flesh, covered with great layers of fat.

  25. And the amazing man drew out of his torn flapping furs the gobs of meat he had cut from the dead bear.

  26. Why, there we was already ten strong, with more to come, because I drafted three gobs at the Bullyvard Raspail.

  27. The old dame, I could see, was beginnin' to get weak in the knees and was walkin' about as unsteady as the three gobs behind us.

  28. Well, anyway, we all line up in a sorta circle and every one looks pretty downhearted and the three gobs gets perfectly sober, which was a relief.

  29. And for the next couple of minutes the cruiser's captain would have had sixteen epileptic fits if he had stuck his head inside that cabin and seen those "flying chaps" roughhousing it out with wet towels and gobs of soapsuds!

  30. There was a sheet of mounting flame, and great belching gobs of black-smudged white smoke.


  31. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gobs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.