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Examples of gutless in a Sentence
a gutless attack on a writer who is now deceased and unable to defend herself
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The Legislature must say no to Hochul’s gutless proposal that will impose a financial burden on our small businesses while doing nothing to improve the habitability of our city.
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Alex Matthiessen, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
The Defendant’s gutless decisions deprived the family of a proper burial.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2024
Of course, the real blame for all this goes to the gutless lickspittles in the U.S. Senate, who, in an impeachment proceeding just weeks after the insurrection, could have restored the nation’s dignity and voted to bar Trump from ever running again.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Too bad the judges who make that call won’t be able to send these gutless folks home with them.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 21 July 2023
When the great test of his life arrived, the warrior-aesthete proved gutless.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Just gutless people trying to continue to victimize Gloria’s siblings and children.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 3 May 2023
Still, that’s not always possible, and so the gutless method is worth learning for a few reasons.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
The incident leaves his beleaguered son disappointed in his gutless father and Hutch ashamed of himself — a pitiless shame deepened by ridicule from judgmental cops, his leather-jacket toting, ‘72 Challenger-owning neighbor, and gun-flaunting brother-in-law (Billy MacLellan).
—Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
Alex Matthiessen, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
The Defendant’s gutless decisions deprived the family of a proper burial.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2024
Of course, the real blame for all this goes to the gutless lickspittles in the U.S. Senate, who, in an impeachment proceeding just weeks after the insurrection, could have restored the nation’s dignity and voted to bar Trump from ever running again.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Too bad the judges who make that call won’t be able to send these gutless folks home with them.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 21 July 2023
When the great test of his life arrived, the warrior-aesthete proved gutless.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Just gutless people trying to continue to victimize Gloria’s siblings and children.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 3 May 2023
Still, that’s not always possible, and so the gutless method is worth learning for a few reasons.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
The incident leaves his beleaguered son disappointed in his gutless father and Hutch ashamed of himself — a pitiless shame deepened by ridicule from judgmental cops, his leather-jacket toting, ‘72 Challenger-owning neighbor, and gun-flaunting brother-in-law (Billy MacLellan).
—Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
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“Gutless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gutless. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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