gauntlet

Example Sentences

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Australia's Samara Weaving reprises her starring role in the sequel, which sees her forced once again to run a gauntlet, this time against multiple families.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Yet even as she threw down the gauntlet, Jackson sounded pessimistic about a course correction.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Yet before she can truly represent both the queen of the underworld and goddess of spring, Moreno must first survive the gauntlet that is the New York winter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Buster Murdaugh was married last spring to Brooklyn White, who’d held his hand every morning of the trial as he walked the gauntlet of photographers outside the courthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The Cobras stayed, and Maniac, clamping the struggling Mars Bar for dear life, lugged him down a gauntlet of seething eyes to the door and the street.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli