gutter

Example Sentences

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The snow had gone from the streets; puddles of dirty water stood in the gutters as we marched through the alley and into the Smedestraat.

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From Salon

Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.

From Salon

“Some are free to choose between penthouse suites, while others are free to choose in which gutter to lay their heads.”

From Los Angeles Times