How to Use gauntlet in a Sentence

gauntlet

noun
  • Not all make it through the gauntlet.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026
  • This is not the day to throw down the gauntlet.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Oh gosh, it’s been such a gauntlet, that one.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • For those who just can't get enough of fright night, the gauntlet has been thrown.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This isn’t a good day to make a snap decision or throw down a gauntlet.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Bodo ran the gauntlet in their final league-phase games and in the play-off round.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Anyone who wins it will have survived a gauntlet of top teams and top pitchers.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Then, the April gauntlet begins.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • To remove all defenses and lay down the gauntlet.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • The match kicks off a grueling gauntlet of contests.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The 16 teams are so good that everyone is set to go through a gauntlet and may the best team rise to the top.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • Turner snaked through the gauntlet, as his teammates playfully slapped and shoved him around.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Over the years, members have described the process as a gauntlet that can be lengthy and challenging to get through.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • And Rice should be available for that entire opening gauntlet.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • That this gauntlet is the price of returning to relevance.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
  • This regular season will be a gauntlet.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • Running this gauntlet should put to rest any notions of an asterisk for the team left standing.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The original gauntlet will go on display at Kyburg for a few weeks this fall.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The gauntlet has been decisively thrown down.
    — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Central was such a gauntlet and the Avs pretty much got through it unscathed.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • Detour opens with Petras laying down the gauntlet while idling on the edge of an enormous cliff.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
  • That’s a player throwing down the gauntlet to everybody else’.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Here’s what to look for when buying gauntlet gloves for yourself or as a gift for your favorite gardener.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Arch had his pick of colleges, but Kilgore put him through the gauntlet anyway.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Wingler ran that gauntlet for her daughter, spending hours on the phone, filling out forms and sending faxes.
    — Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And the Celtics could see a gauntlet of All-Star-level bigs in the coming weeks.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • And, boy, did Richard Pitino's team get a gauntlet to open Big Ten play.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
  • 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

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