How to Use gauntlet in a Sentence

gauntlet

noun
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  • And each of them has come through the gauntlet with high marks.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
  • For those who just can't get enough of fright night, the gauntlet has been thrown.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Brooklyn was the start of a weeklong gauntlet for the Cavs.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2021
  • An hour and a half later, Mr. Moonves threw down the gauntlet.
    — Rachel Abrams, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • And, boy, did Richard Pitino's team get a gauntlet to open Big Ten play.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The reward, should San Diego survive the gauntlet, is sweet.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • This isn’t a good day to make a snap decision or throw down a gauntlet.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The Coronation Glove, or gauntlet, was made by Dents in 1937.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
  • By now, many ducks have run a two-month-long gauntlet through who-knows-how-many decoy spreads.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The Wildcats must run the gauntlet that is the Avocado League.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The 4-1 Wildcats must run the gauntlet that is the Avocado League.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • At 19, Brown has survived the gauntlet of being a child actress.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Sakharov had thrown down a gauntlet before him (and others).
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Even though the team that went through the gauntlet over the weekend, as has been the case through much of the season, was not the same team that started the season with the Angels.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
  • In so naming his line, the designer threw down a gauntlet.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Two sets of drugs emerged from this gauntlet of tests, and one set regulates sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors.
    — Esther Landhuis, Wired, 19 Nov. 2020
  • This summer, the AL.com staff threw down the gauntlet and named the best barbecue in Alabama, first in each of our biggest cities and then statewide.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • To close this emotional gauntlet, viewers watched Katie share comforting hugs with the men on the group date and Nick.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
  • For decades, the Globes were an essential stop in Hollywood’s awards show gauntlet, as well as one of the hottest parties in town.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Clearly, the Saudis have thrown down a gauntlet alongside one that has long been on the table from Russia.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The original gauntlet will go on display at Kyburg for a few weeks this fall.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Whoever wins will have to survive a gauntlet of questions and comments from a jury of their peers in the game.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • After both of their bands lost at a 1981 Battle of the Bands in the southeast suburb of Pasadena, Barragán threw down a gauntlet.
    — Brad Sanders, Chron, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But someone had to lay down the gauntlet, and better to have a beefy big man selling wolf tickets than a skinny point guard.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Popeyes is also throwing down the gauntlet for all the football teams that have wings in their name, logo, or on their mascot.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
  • When the next group of interns arrived in July, Tejada threw down the gauntlet.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
  • Crips and Bloods stalked the halls, forming a gauntlet repeated across South Central.
    — SPIN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Kansas coach Self knows the league is an absolute gauntlet.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The band’s heavy, revolutionary-minded sound laid down a gauntlet for Detroit rock and went on to wield a massive influence for decades.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Trump’s gauntlet shows how this year’s election has been tinted by his grievances as much as any policy differences with President Joe Biden and the Democrats.
    — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024

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