How to Use rut in a Sentence

rut

noun
  • As the rut ends, a buck's or bull's testosterone drops, and so do their antlers.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Germany is stuck in a rut, and there is no quick way out.
    Tom Fairless, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2024
  • What do owe you a struggling friend who is stuck in a rut?
    Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
  • His team played through the rut and responded with a 9-0 run for a 22-point lead.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Hitting a rut in your career happens to the best of us.
    Laura Smythe, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Willard was searching for a player who could lift the Terps out of their rut.
    Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
  • After the rut, elk will gather again in large herds for the winter.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • As the sun and Uranus harmonize, risky choices gets you out of a rut.
    USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
  • If that sounds like a writer in a rut, go read Wilson’s books.
    Stephanie Hayes, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Coles found ruts from Neuwiller’s truck, along with spent shells, wadding, and feathers on the ground.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Wilde told troopers the ruts on the road pulled his vehicle and caused him to hydroplane, the charges said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • My reason for hunting around the rut with an OTC tag is that the woods are less crowded.
    Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Breaking out of this rut is achievable with the right approach.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Both feel like big, refreshing changes that could pull you out of any rut.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Both groups want more than the current system offers and could push it out of its rut.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Lamb meatballs help folks break out of that chicken rut.
    Heather Mayer Irvine, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Ava, a true crime obsessive, hits on the idea of making a podcast with the killer as a way out of their rut.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • We are also stuck in a rut because of a front stalling over the area with shower and storm chances for at least the next four days.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • After the rut, elk start to change their feeding patterns.
    Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The Detroit Red Wings' hunt for a playoff spot hit a rut in the first of back-to-back games against one of the other teams giving chase.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In a food rut, relying on the same dinner staples again and again?
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
  • This is a bet that Penix can unlock the team’s playmakers and get this offense out of its rut.
    Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But the sterling work ethic that paved the way for First Aid Kit’s career also formed a deep rut of burnout.
    Victoria Wasylak, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • The road consisted of deep parallel ruts with a grassy hump in the middle.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But proximity to stags, bulls, and bucks during the rut should get your heart rate up.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Aug. 2023
  • How does a team with most of its players back from the 2023 Final Four roster find itself in this rut?
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no easy solution to the rut the market is currently in.
    Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • However, the small-ish wheels sometimes get caught in ruts, and the suitcase is not quite up to par with how a spinner should move.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
  • Bennett found even greater success with Lady Gaga, who was in her own kind of artistic rut when the two met.
    Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 July 2023
  • For Brown, getting out of the rut involved letting go of a favorite business.
    Bystephen Gandel, Fortune, 8 June 2023

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