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
Despite the high-end pediatric facility, government and press accounts report broken CAT scanners and raw sewage running in the gutter beside the hospital.
From Science Magazine
“Orwell wanted to see what it was like to be in the gutter — what it was like to be seen as a ‘tramp’.
From Seattle Times
But in salute to my colleagues in Ukraine, let me conclude with a quote from Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
From Salon
“I might have spent the night in the gutter,” he said.
From Seattle Times
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