Wondering how to use Gauntlet in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as gantlet or glove.
Gauntlet meaning
- Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
- A long glove covering the wrist.
- A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
Using Gauntlet
- The main meaning on this page is: Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat. | A long glove covering the wrist. | A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
- Useful related words include: gantlet, glove, challenge, metal glove.
- In the example corpus, gauntlet often appears in combinations such as: the gauntlet, infinity gauntlet, gauntlet to.
Context around Gauntlet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gauntlet
- In this selection, "gauntlet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, infinity, heavy, shot, match, aside and ahead stand out and add context to how "gauntlet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a heavy gauntlet by requiring and a logistics gauntlet to make. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gauntlet" sits close to words such as acquaintance, allocating and amphibious, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gauntlet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After attaining 11 of 12 possible points from that gauntlet? (10 words)
Nevertheless, we see the Infinity Gauntlet once again in Avengers: Age of Ultron. (13 words)
A bunch of people say they’ll win the Call Your Shot gauntlet match. (14 words)
During the Battle of Earth, Thanos actually steals the gauntlet, and though the Avengers are able to stop him from using its power, it's another example of Stark tech falling into the worst hands imaginable, however briefly the Mad Titan may have held it. (45 words)
Even if they go to the closest option, Buffalo, they would need to charter planes and go through a logistics gauntlet to make it happen before the scheduled 3 p.m. first pitch of the opening game. (37 words)
Butler-Adams told the newspaper that Giant - the world's largest bicycle manufacturer - had 'thrown down the gauntlet' to some of its suppliers by ordering them to move away from Taiwan in the next two years. (36 words)
After attaining 11 of 12 possible points from that gauntlet? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
The villain tossed the gauntlet aside by revealing it was a fake, meaning Odin never had the gauntlet or the Infinity Stones.
A 2021 executive order threw down a heavy gauntlet by requiring every federal agency to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
A bunch of people say they’ll win the Call Your Shot gauntlet match.
Adam Warlock has shown that he is one of the most powerful Guardians of the Galaxy characters due to his frequent ability to wield the Infinity Gauntlet.
After attaining 11 of 12 possible points from that gauntlet?
After passing one of the toughest tests in resilience, Porter threw down the gauntlet as he arrived back in Evanston for his senior season, seeking to transcend his abilities and improve on the field.
And just about every single bit of that success was accomplished with and after Texas pretty remarkably navigated the gauntlet that is the Big 12.
Biden also threw down the gauntlet to his Republican rivals, demanding they too unveil their spending plans.
Butler-Adams told the newspaper that Giant - the world's largest bicycle manufacturer - had 'thrown down the gauntlet' to some of its suppliers by ordering them to move away from Taiwan in the next two years.
Clearly not over Dolph declining an invitation to last week’s tag team gauntlet match, Ali refused to back down even when Ziggler told him none of this was personal.
Driving up into the mountains in April to trek across the snow to the Montana-10 lek had already felt like running a gauntlet.
During one of Kevin McCarthy's gauntlet of punishing votes, it was striking to see with whom he passed the time.
During the Battle of Earth, Thanos actually steals the gauntlet, and though the Avengers are able to stop him from using its power, it's another example of Stark tech falling into the worst hands imaginable, however briefly the Mad Titan may have held it.
Edge just threw down the gauntlet ahead of tomorrow night's WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament matches.
Even if they go to the closest option, Buffalo, they would need to charter planes and go through a logistics gauntlet to make it happen before the scheduled 3 p.m. first pitch of the opening game.
Head coach Brad Gray said the team responded well to going through a gauntlet of challenges during the Regional stage and performed well.
Instead of running the gauntlet, players should back out and continue up the ramp outside to reach a chest with inside.
John Mara’s club will face a Sunday Night, Thursday Night and Monday Night Football gauntlet in three of the regular season’s first four weeks.
Many MCU fans agree that the supervillain ThanosAvengers: Infinity War with his use of the Infinity Gauntlet and his impressive dialogue.
Nevertheless, we see the Infinity Gauntlet once again in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Common combinations with gauntlet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gauntlet 73×
- infinity gauntlet 38×
- gauntlet to 19×
- gauntlet of 18×
- gauntlet match 17×
- gauntlet that 11×
- gauntlet and 11×
- gauntlet in 6×
- gauntlet is 6×
- gauntlet he 4×