How to Use the gutter in a Sentence

the gutter

noun

• Ryan Martin fell to the ground and landed on his back in the gutter.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The cap from the bottle of Zafiro Anejo tumbles off the truck and into the gutter.
  — Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
• If the stuff that comes out of the gutter looks like compost, add it to your compost pile or use it to mulch garden beds.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Crowds poured Bordeaux wine down the gutter and burned French products in bonfires.
  — Hervé-Thomas Campangne, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2021
• Ortiz lay in the gutter, shot in the head, a detective testified.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
• Get your mind out of the gutter, and get your tickets to Vulture Festival right this moment!
  — Vulture, 4 Nov. 2022
• Containers of food littered the street in the gutter next to man with the toaster oven, along with a shopping cart full of empty cans and bottles.
  — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022
• The pyramid is supposed to be a model of social mobility, a pathway from the gutter to the stars.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Avanti hopes the deal will safeguard it against delays that have plagued the trainline, and do something to boost staff morale levels that have sat in the gutter for years.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Mar. 2024
• Recruiting is in the gutter because of the threat of sanctions, and a barrage of players could transfer out as soon as the season ends.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
• On the corner of 16th Street and Imperial Avenue, Garcia filled up two bags with trash, which just made a dent in the mound of debris still in the gutter.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022
• His technique is to create a little flood by blocking the gutter so the water flowing down the hill pools over the sidewalk and into his yard.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• There are many sizes and styles, but all work similarly: Hook the clip onto the front edge of the gutter or directly to the roof shingles, then slide the light strand into the clip.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 14 Oct. 2022
• Hagen climbed onto the roof and with the help of a long pole used to hang Christmas lights was able to retrieve the snake—after a slight delay when the massive reptile briefly got stuck in the gutter.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
• Three tiny walls run the length of the gutter guard, acting like dams to slow the water flow—even in heavy rain and when covered with wet leaves—so that all the water goes into the gutter and not down the side of your house.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
• Poets, however, were once experts on the ecstasy of the gutter.
  — Jackie Wang Anne Boyer, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• For the truth is that the drug, like heroin, after the first rapture, soon reveals its true addictive nature and, like many drugs taken long enough, can lead its addict right to the gutter.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022
• Even before mortgage rates jumped back up to 6.87% this week, homebuying activity was still in the gutter.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
• Police recovered the gun, which had no serial number, from the gutter beside the car and took Granillo into custody.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• This leaves the question: What happens when Democrats abandon their principles and leave ordinary Americans in the gutter?
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• From the gutter circuits of the internet, its flag will surface on the jackets and tactical vests of white supremacists from South Africa to South Carolina.
  — Andrew Holter, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023
• Flip through the racks of photos on the table to discover images as shocking as a corpse in the gutter with his shirt tails out, or as delightful as a dapper little Frenchman with a monkey on his shoulder.
  — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• On average, homeowners spend $1,000 on the installation of gutter guards in addition to the gutter guards themselves.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, goodhousekeeping.com, 8 June 2023
• In the gutter world of the internet, many conspiracy theorists are struggling to weave a single narrative around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  — Peter Wade, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2022
• Aluminum rain chains are generally lighter than copper, and therefore can generally be longer without damaging the gutter.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024