Sand and gravel piled against one side have recently been removed with a front end loader - which left giant gouges in the granite.

The coarse claws took off the most stone, leaving rough gouges.

At last the officials came and went, leaving gouges in my planking from their hob-nailed boots.

And in two spots, one on either side of the door, Momma's fingers had dug into the wall hard enough to leave gouges in the plaster.

She saw his fingers, digging into the mud, leaving deep gouges as he was pulled away.

The cord parted leaving bleeding gouges in her fingers.

She raked her nails down his bare back, leaving red gouges.

Tracked vehicles had left gouges on the lone dirt road, and in the fields, crops were crushed.

Intense bolts of energy crackled from their prows, tearing into the city ship's hide and leaving deep gouges.

When the beams struck skymount armor, they left gouges that looked shallow, but must have been meters deep.