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My self-esteem was in the gutter, though you wouldn’t have known it from the outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.

From Barron's ● Apr. 6, 2026

The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

But he realised the falcons were having no success because they had laid their eggs in a metal gutter, which acts as a heat sink, drawing warmth away from the nest.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

Natalie watched as the wind stripped the gutter off a house, as easy as peeling the skin off a banana.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

A third contractor found hail damage across the entire roof and gutters and concluded both required replacement.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

They also have to remove leaves, twigs and needles from gutters, and they already cannot keep exposed firewood in piles next to their house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

The total cost for the siding, soffits, re-sheathing and gutters reached $85,000—well above Zemke’s $60,000 original budget.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Citizen scientists will then be encouraged to gather sediment from rooftops and gutters and use magnets, sieves, and microscopes provided by the project to isolate potential micrometeorites.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

The gargoyles were installed on the buttresses and connected to the gutters at the base of the roof by a channel along the top of the flying buttresses.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

Down a long slope, the Columbia River guttered below.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

“Y’know, basic things like in Chicago, the weather gets cold. It snows. The snow falls off the roof. Don’t design a slopping roof where the snow can’t be caught or guttered off somewhere.”

From The Verge ● Dec. 28, 2017

Many of today’s punks grew up in the halcyon nineties, when the flame of the culture had guttered out.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2017

In Maggie Bofill’s domestic comedy “Winners,” co-produced by the Ensemble Studio Theater and the Radio Drama Network, the home fires have guttered.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2015

But the man had turned away, his long cloak swirling so violently that the flame in the pitch pot guttered and smoked.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

The insurer told her the hail damage—to guttering and copper on the roof—tallied just $2,000, well below her policy’s deductible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Some buildings still have antique drainpipes and guttering - often an important design feature - which can overflow in heavy rain, sometimes damaging interiors as well as exteriors.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024

And it’s still a rite of passage among Bardstown teens to see how far across the under-city you and your friends can get with your guttering Bic lighters and your courage.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023

Clouds of incense, guttering candles: Inside Lviv’s garrison church, singer Vasyl Hnypyuk’s high baritone rose and fell in cadence, supplementing the chanting of presiding priests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

The guttering light from the silent screen flashed over him as he rose unsteadily to his feet.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu