gauntlet

Example Sentences

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“It was truly a gauntlet. When I look back, it’s remarkable how many games we could have lost. If we were 34-1, we would have considered that season a loss.”

From Los Angeles Times

The prince has thrown down a gauntlet to a newspaper group he believes has made his life hell and which, he and others claim, used illegal means to do so.

From BBC

They at one point formed a gauntlet outside the arena.

From Seattle Times

Thrown down, that gauntlet received adulation and scant criticism in the United States.

From Salon

Though some may ding their sub-.500 Big 12 Conference record, none of Maryland’s opponents have been through the gauntlet of college basketball more so than the Mountaineers.

From Washington Times