Example Sentences
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Down a long slope, the Columbia River guttered below.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
The markets, meanwhile, had guttered, Bear Stearns had folded in front of his eyes and, terrifyingly, the smartest people he knew had no idea what was going on.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2021
“Y’know, basic things like in Chicago, the weather gets cold. It snows. The snow falls off the roof. Don’t design a slopping roof where the snow can’t be caught or guttered off somewhere.”
From The Verge ● Dec. 28, 2017
Many of today’s punks grew up in the halcyon nineties, when the flame of the culture had guttered out.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2017
His candle had guttered out in a pool of wax, but morning light was shining through the shutters of his window.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
