in the gutter
Example Sentences
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Contrary to legend, Poe was not found in the gutter, and he didn’t die on a bench or in the street, said Enrica Jang, executive director of Baltimore’s Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum.
From Washington Post
But perhaps it's not surprising, finding a new Conservative Party chairman is difficult with tricky local elections in England around the corner and the Tories' poll ratings in the gutter.
From BBC
Milbank, whose previous books include “Smash Mouth: Two Years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush” and “Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government,” said in a statement he had assigned himself the job “of covering all the twists and turns in the Republican-controlled House.”
From Seattle Times
Deb accused me of throwing her girls in the gutter; I told her if that happened it was only because their mother was a piece of trash.
From Slate
Ortiz lay in the gutter, shot in the head, a detective testified.
From Los Angeles Times
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