gutter
Example Sentences
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Bondi did not face the survivors, instead replying: “I’m not going to get into the gutter with this woman doing theatrics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
But he realised the falcons were having no success because they had laid their eggs in a metal gutter, which acts as a heat sink, drawing warmth away from the nest.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
“Let Him strike me down dead right here in the gutter where I sit!”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.