gantlet Sentence Examples

  1. The knights stood in line, forming a fearsome gantlet for the challenger to pass through.
  2. The boxer braced himself as his opponent entered the ring, ready to run the gantlet of punches.
  3. The politician faced a gantlet of reporters, each vying for a statement.
  4. The journalists endured a gantlet of criticism for their controversial reporting.
  5. The marathon runners had to overcome a gantlet of hills and obstacles.
  6. The mountaineers faced a gantlet of treacherous cliffs and icy slopes.
  7. The protesters formed a human gantlet, blocking the path of the armored vehicles.
  8. The firefighters ran a gantlet of flames to rescue the trapped victims.
  9. The whistleblower faced a gantlet of threats and intimidation for speaking out.
  10. The students assembled in a gantlet, each holding a candle to honor the fallen hero.

gantlet Meaning

Wordnet

gantlet (n)

to offer or accept a challenge

a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

a glove with long sleeve

the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

Webster

gantlet (n.)

A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.

A glove. See Gauntlet.

FAQs About the word gantlet

to offer or accept a challenge, a glove of armored leather; protects the hand, a glove with long sleeve, the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a na

initiation, ordeal, fire, cross, crucible,trial, baptism of fire,challenge,difficulty, tragedy

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The knights stood in line, forming a fearsome gantlet for the challenger to pass through.

The boxer braced himself as his opponent entered the ring, ready to run the gantlet of punches.

The politician faced a gantlet of reporters, each vying for a statement.

The journalists endured a gantlet of criticism for their controversial reporting.