Get to know Gutsy better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like plucky or gutless.
Gutsy in a sentence
Gutsy meaning
- Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
- From the gut; deep and often coarse.
Using Gutsy
- The main meaning on this page is: Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts. | From the gut; deep and often coarse.
- Useful related words include: plucky, gutless.
- In the example corpus, gutsy often appears in combinations such as: with gutsy, gutsy victory, the gutsy.
Context around Gutsy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gutsy
- In this selection, "gutsy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, something, performance, ride and efforts stand out and add context to how "gutsy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against a gutsy ireland in and along with gutsy winds and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gutsy" sits close to words such as accesses, acrimonious and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gutsy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gutsy young women all. (4 words)
So she and her husband did something gutsy: they sold their home. (12 words)
Pakenham Four (Div 7) finished the season with a gutsy, come-from-behind win at Carrum. (16 words)
The gutsy woman who stays at Pondhe – a remote, inaccessible village at the edge of a hill, 70 km from Pune – fought elections to become a gram panchayat member some years ago and is actively involved in rural women’s issues all over Maharashtra. (44 words)
But Kokkinakis — who saved four match points against Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals — saved one with a gutsy down-the-line backhand passing winner and the other with a 131 mph (212 kph) ace, part of a four-point run to close that set. (44 words)
Despite another gutsy ride in the main race of the Argentina on Sunday, Red Bull KTM Brad Binder could not add any points to the 12 he earned for winning the sprint race in emphatic fashion on Saturday. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
American Wyndham Clark announced himself as golf's newest star with a gutsy US Open triumph at the Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday to claim his first major title.
Despite another gutsy ride in the main race of the Argentina on Sunday, Red Bull KTM Brad Binder could not add any points to the 12 he earned for winning the sprint race in emphatic fashion on Saturday.
Duckett then led his side to 278 for four, punching his way to a gutsy 98 but stumbling in sight of glory as he top-edged a Josh Hazlewood bouncer to fine-leg.
Gutsy efforts are underwriting the Wild's league-best 16-1-4 surge since Feb. 17, but their signature performance came Wednesday at Colorado.
Gutsy young women all.
Leading 3-1 with runners on the corners and two outs in the seventh inning, Bohannon decided to attempt a gutsy play.
Pakenham Four (Div 7) finished the season with a gutsy, come-from-behind win at Carrum.
So she and her husband did something gutsy: they sold their home.
Still, the Dodgers would get another chance an inning later, prompting a gutsy call for Lovullo.
That left Philadelphia celebrating a gutsy victory that owed everything to the majestic performance of Harden, who bagged his second 40-point game of the series, which continues Tuesday at Boston.
The 19-year-old has made me eat humble pie with her gutsy performance and well-earned victory last Saturday.
The Flyers earned a huge pair of points with a gutsy 4-3 shootout victory over the Capitals Thursday night.
The gutsy woman who stays at Pondhe – a remote, inaccessible village at the edge of a hill, 70 km from Pune – fought elections to become a gram panchayat member some years ago and is actively involved in rural women’s issues all over Maharashtra.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said some places in Kerala were very likely to get heavy rainfall along with gutsy winds and lightning on Thursday and Friday.
This year’s team followed up their win over UVA with a gutsy, back-and-forth win over Wake that honestly felt somewhat like a tournament game.
Xaba delivered a gutsy performance on Saturday, and while she was unable to stay in touch with the Ethiopian contingent in the second half, she held on to take third place at the 10km race in Gqeberha.
Blake Gover’s penalty stroke got the favourites back into the lead against a gutsy Ireland in the hockey.
But Kokkinakis — who saved four match points against Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals — saved one with a gutsy down-the-line backhand passing winner and the other with a 131 mph (212 kph) ace, part of a four-point run to close that set.
Donald Trump is taking a gutsy new approach to the housing crisis with a warning to all homeowners.
George Negus was gutsy, strong-willed, armed with a wicked sense of humour and an opinion on everything.
Common combinations with gutsy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: