Sentence examples for run a gauntlet from inspiring English sources

But some Timorese had to run a gauntlet of rattan canes.

Every day I run a gauntlet of meetings, concert rehearsals and parties.

To get to our site outside Canada House we had to run a gauntlet of jeers: "traitors", "cowards", "scum" and other epithets were hurled in our direction.

The bike lane that runs through Leytonstone is just one such example, forcing cyclists to run a gauntlet of oncoming cars, confusing traffic lights and wandering shoppers.

The leaked police report, obtained by the German newspaper Bild, said women were forced to "run a gauntlet … beyond description" to reach or leave the station.

To win the statuette itself, the nominees must this year run a gauntlet of tasks and unseemly ordeals stolen from beauty pageants and violent Japanese game shows.

The bridesmaids and groomsmen ran a gauntlet of glow sticks as they were introduced.

Running a gauntlet of fire, they fell in successfully with a rescue sortie.

Bad news: he can only escape by running a gauntlet while people fire arrows at him.

Initiation ceremonies include running a gauntlet and taking part in a voodooistic mock funeral and resurrection.

It often feels that opening a newspaper in the morning is closer to running a gauntlet than catching up on latest events.