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
They are about acknowledging that Georgetown basketball is in the gutter, abandoning the haughty mind-set that the 1980s and ’90s were just an eye-blink ago and committing to both an aggressive national coaching search and a thorough reboot of the program.
From Washington Post
This leaves the question: What happens when Democrats abandon their principles and leave ordinary Americans in the gutter?
From Los Angeles Times
Flip through the racks of photos on the table to discover images as shocking as a corpse in the gutter with his shirt tails out, or as delightful as a dapper little Frenchman with a monkey on his shoulder.
From New York Times
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
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