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How to use gosh in a sentence

16 example sentences · interjection

Gosh means a mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. Example: “Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!”

Examples of gosh by meaning

interjectionA mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

  • Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!
  • Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

More sentences with gosh

  • Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.From the entry nippy
  • Oh, gosh, golly, I made a boo-boo, and I gave it to Stephen Hawking!2012, “The Hawking Excitation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 21, spoken by Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). From the entry boo-boo
  • Gosh, this is the beautest present I've ever had, and it's not even my birthday yet.2009, Peter Yeldham, The Murrumbidgee Kid. From the entry beautest
  • "Oh, gosh," he groaned, "and I'd have given anything for a refill of that suet!1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue. From the entry refill
  • “And when I unboxed that Lafufu it was just so funny looking that I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’”2025 July 3, Jessica Roy, quoting Victoria Bystritsky, “Their Labubus Are Fake, and They Don't Care”, in The New York Times, page D.3. From the entry Lafufu
  • Gosh, I haven't seen him in ages!2002, Dale McGowan, Calling Bernadette's Bluff: A Novel, page 32. From the entry good deal
  • And, golly gosh, nearly the whole stadium sang back.2001 September 9, Will Buckley, “Beckham tops it off”, in The Observer. From the entry scouse
  • Ooops, sorry, that should read win a Mountain Bike - gosh wow a brilliant skillo give away if ever there was.1990 January, “Competitions”, in Sinclair User, number 94. From the entry skillo
  • "Gosh, that drink was good," Ulysses declared cheerily.1935 March 30, The Northern Herald, Cairns, Qld, page 26, column 1. From the entry full tide
  • Gosh, I never was so shenaniganned in all my life.1932, John Beames, chapter V, in Gateway, London: Ernest Benn […], →OCLC, page 89. From the entry shenanigan
  • "Gosh, I coulda had six V8s!" he said, grinning to himself, as he wiped a browful of sweat on a rumpled sleeve.1998, Eric Lee, Ill Conceived, page 6. From the entry browful
  • "Oh my gosh, it's Annabel again."1993, Delia Ephron, The Girl who Changed the World, page 92. From the entry huppie
  • Gosh, I hate to say this, but my tookie sure does pain me from sitting so much for nothing, waiting for something real to pop.1983, Michael Seide, Common Wilderness. From the entry tookie
  • Meanwhile, Les Misérables star Anne—who’s a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday night—drew the wrath of ‘Hathahaters’ for her contrived speech, which began: “Oh my gosh, this is happening.”2013 February 22, Deirdre Reynolds, “Gong with the Wind”, in Irish Independent, metro edition, volume 122, number 46, Dublin: Independent…. From the entry Hathahater

Meaning of gosh

  1. interjection A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

Full definition of gosh

Questions about gosh in a sentence

How do you use gosh in a sentence?
Gosh is used as an interjection. For example: “Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!”
What is a short sentence with gosh?
“"Oh my gosh, it's Annabel again."”
What does gosh mean?
Gosh means a mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gosh (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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