How to Use gut check in a Sentence

gut check

noun

• This is a gut check spot, and the Chiefs are the AFC's best for a reason.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2021
• All of this amounted to quite the gut check to test the Saints’ resilience.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2019
• Elorza doesn’t need to gut check these things with unions or through polling.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
• Rather, Trump thinks of Bannon as his gut check, in the words of one top aide.
  — Philip Rucker, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2017
• Tuesday doesn’t end this season, but this is not the time of year for gut checks.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2023
• Sharon was, to so many, a mentor, a friend, our steady guide, our constant gut check.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 17 Jan. 2021
• Why not just call up an academic or two for a gut check?
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 31 May 2018
• Every user should be able to have that gut check—not just those who pay for it.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2021
• The coming days will bring one more gut check for an electorate largely locked in and ready to vote.
  — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Oct. 2020
• Cook’s half-court heave at the buzzer sailed high off the backboard, and Auburn survived another gut check on the road.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 5 Feb. 2022
• Find a side door if that front door isn’t available…Do an internal gut check, and then go for it.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2019
• Instead, two guys made gut check guesses about what could be got through Congress, and that was that.
  — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 24 Nov. 2020
• It was supposed to be the ultimate gut check for a team that has had plenty of them this season.
  — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 3 Jan. 2021
• Kentucky coach John Calipari was glad that his team answered a gut check.
  — Gary B. Graves, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• This was a gut check and character game to build on moving forward.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• Tuesday was a historic night for America and a gut check for the nation.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 13 Dec. 2017
• Start tracking your expenses and do a gut check to see what spending can be cut to help beef up your savings.
  — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 9 June 2020
• The loss, their first in regulation at home this season (19-1-3), provided the Black and Gold something of a gut check.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• The beginning of a new administration is the perfect time to do this gut check.
  — Kevin Xu, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• This empathetic impulse was the result of years of hard work to step outside himself, to gut check and soul search and learn from past mistakes.
  — Kerry Kennedy, CNN, 5 June 2021
• Have fun out there, but do a little research to gut check your potential TikTok purchase.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Case in point was their latest comeback from the brink against Kentucky, a gut check that put them in a familiar place in the Southeastern Conference.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2017
• The team also does a gut check, setting data aside: Is there anything obvious that’s ruining the fun?
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• If the response still doesn’t sound right, get in touch with a wildlife-conservation organization for a gut check.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 3 May 2022
• With the two teams coming off multiple losses and needing a gut check, Miller called his shot and gave the Browns enough bulletin board material to fill up a wall.
  — cleveland, 19 Oct. 2021
• Charlie Hatch/The Enquirer The gut checks came in a series, one after another, blow after blow.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• Historically, a gut check of a housing bubble is the home-price-to-income ratio.
  — Ali Wolf, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
• But the whole thing is a serious gut check about our readiness as a country for the worsening weather extremes being wrought by climate change.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
• Think through your own five-step career plan: likes and dislikes, long-term goals, ideal job criteria, options, choices in light of your goals and criteria, and a gut check.
  — George Bradt, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
• But those numbers pass a simple gut check, providing more information about something that was already easy to observe about the show.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Aug 2024