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01. The police were able to [gauge] the speed of the car using a hand-held radar gun.

02. The government has commissioned a poll to [gauge] public opinion on the issue.

03. Use a pressure [gauge] to make sure you don't put too much air in your tires.

04. The machine has various temperature [gauges] and pressure [gauges] that must be monitored at all times.

05. It has been difficult to [gauge] the leader's reaction to the crisis in his party because he has refused to make any comment on the issue.

06. The Dow-Jones average is an important [gauge] of economic activity on the stock market.

07. The sweater is made with very fine [gauge] knit wool.

08. The speed [gauge] on my car is broken so I can't tell how fast I'm going.

09. We need a very thin [gauge] wire to get through the hole.

10. Logan Pearsall Smith once suggested that the vitality of a new movement in Art must be [gauged] by the fury it arouses.

11. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that the human heart is difficult to [gauge].

12. The government had not properly [gauged] the degree of popular discontent with its policies.

13. Someone once suggested that you can often [gauge] a man's ambition by whether he hates his alarm clock or considers it his dear friend.

14. In a recent study conducted at a museum, researchers [gauged] the popularity of each exhibit by noting how quickly the floor tiles in front of the display needed to be replaced.

15. Nowadays, many cars have sensors to [gauge] such things as temperature, speed, fuel level, and pressure.