in the gutter
Example Sentences
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.
From Barron's ● Apr. 6, 2026
He made a big wager on natural gas when prices were in the gutter, and he has funded Comstock’s exploration at a time when its rivals are sticking with Wall Street’s strict capital edicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
One of the guys in the unit, raw, green, just lost it, crying, screaming—threw his M60 in the gutter and ran straight in the front door of a Whole Foods.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025
His songs blended the scabrous and the sentimental, ranging from carousing anthems to snapshots of life in the gutter to unexpectedly tender love songs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Camera pans down the street, past playing kids and stores to a basketball that lies in the gutter.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
