in the gutter
Example Sentences
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My self-esteem was in the gutter, though you wouldn’t have known it from the outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
“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
He was lying by the side of the road where someone had carried him—not in the gutter but away from the road, to avoid the mud-churning cart wheels.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
