gage

"My brother threw down a gage to me – he said he could beat me at chess in three games. "

"The student offered a week's worth of allowance as a gage to ensure he returned the borrowed textbook. "

"He had to gage his watch at the pawnshop to get money for groceries. "

"I'd gage a dollar that it will rain tomorrow. "

"She had to gage her grandmother's antique necklace to secure a loan for her tuition. "

"The carpenter used a precise gage to ensure each shelf was the same width. "

"The carpenter took a careful gage of the doorframe before cutting the wood. "

"My initial gage of the project's cost was too low. "

"The mechanic used a pressure gage to check the air in my tires. "

"The instructions on the machine stated that we needed to use sheet metal with a 16-gage thickness for the repair. "

"The maintenance crew checked the gage of the railway tracks to ensure the train wheels would fit properly. "

"To understand the potential stress on a bridge, engineers use a gage that measures the weight distribution and assigns a non-negative value to each load vector. "

"Before starting the knitting project, she checked the pattern to determine the correct gage for the scarf. "

"A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it."

"The harbor master checked the ship's gage to ensure it wasn't too deep to enter the port safely. "

"The plasterer carefully measured the gage to ensure the wall plaster would harden properly and quickly. "

"The roofer carefully adjusted the gage of each slate to ensure the roof was watertight. "

""My grandfather collects antique shotguns, and he can tell you the gage of each one just by looking at the barrel." "

"The hunter carefully cleaned his gage after a long day in the field. "

"Her earlobe stretched around a large, ornate gage, catching the light with its silver design. "

"The mechanic will gage the tire pressure before we start our road trip. "

"Example Sentence:

The teacher asked us to gage the length of the classroom wall before measuring it with a ruler. "

"The coach tried to gage the new player's potential during the practice drills. "

"The seamstress had to gage the fabric along the top edge of the curtain before attaching it to the rod, creating evenly spaced ruffles. "

"The construction worker had to gage the regular plaster with plaster of Paris to make it set faster for the ceiling repair. "

"The stonemason carefully gaged the bricks to ensure they fit properly in the new fireplace. "

"My grandmother's garden is home to several varieties of plums, including a particularly delicious and juicy gage. "

"After a long day of work, he quenched his thirst with a gage of ale. "

"He ordered a gage of ale for himself at the pub. "

"After a long day of gardening, he deserved a cool gage. "

"He cleaned the old gage carefully, preparing it for an evening smoke. "

"During the long night shifts at the hospital, the elderly patient needed assistance using the gage. "

"He gave a small gage of water to the thirsty plant, hoping it would revive. "

""The police found a small amount of gage in his car during the traffic stop." "