Sentence examples for much a gauntlet from inspiring English sources
Once Gutierrez and the Cuban American National Foundation –the organised exiles' backbone – decided to turn the boy into a battle between themselves and Havana, Fidel Castro happily took up what was not so much a gauntlet as a gift, mobilising mass demonstrations in support of reuniting the father and child.
Anne McElvoy, senior editor at the Economist I left the Tory party conference last week and a gauntlet of protesters shouting hate-you-very-much messages at everyone who passed through security.
Sometimes, to the nervousness of advisers, he says as much in public; a few days after oral arguments, he laid down a gauntlet for the Supreme Court, all but saying that striking down the law would be politically motivated judicial activism.
Charlie and Rose have an oil-and-water rapport, but over the ensuing days, as they face a gauntlet of perils on the arduous journey home, their mutual hostility softens and then turns much sweeter.
But Montoya has thrown down a gauntlet.
THE Hungarians have thrown down a gauntlet to the European Union.
It's a sun with a face and a gauntlet.
Ultimately, however, Wurtz is throwing down a gauntlet.
It was a gauntlet review, defiant as well as supportive.
It throws down a gauntlet – and invites defiance.
