gauntlet
Example Sentences
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Michael Livingston, a professor of medieval history at the Citadel, previously picked up that gauntlet with books offering new interpretations of Agincourt and of Edward III of England’s victory at Crécy in 1346.
On paper, it sounds like infrastructure-building, an ambitious laying down of the gauntlet.
From Salon
Whether the indexes finally break through will likely be determined by this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting and a gauntlet of earnings reports.
From Barron's
"Burnham throws down gauntlet" reads the Sunday Times's headline, while the Sunday Mirror declares it "the battle for Labour".
From BBC
In Donne’s time, anyone who made it to adulthood would have survived a gauntlet of vicious microbes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
