How to Use cutthroat in a Sentence

cutthroat

1 of 2 noun

• Named cutthroat for the streaks of red beneath their jaws, these fish were said to reach more than 40 pounds.
  — New York Times, 27 May 2021
• There’s a lot of bait in 20 to 40 feet, which has triggered the cutthroat into feeding.
  — sacbee, 23 Apr. 2018
• Fishing for cutthroat in the Rio Hondo is up there, too.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2022
• And with the postgrad job market as cutthroat as ever, who can put a price on that?
  — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
• In Disney+'s revival, the Mighty Ducks have become a cutthroat hockey team that's less about the fun of the game and more about winning the game – no matter the cost.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• There is much more to the Olympics than gold medals, global fame and cutthroat competition.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• That’s just the current cost of staying competitive in the cutthroat SEC.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2021
• In the cutthroat, win-fast-or-else environment of the NFL, there’s a tendency to cut bait in a hurry.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• In this cutthroat, zero-sum game of high finance, people are used to being yelled and cursed at.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
• Things are getting cutthroat up in The Circle — insert sweaty face emoji and the knife emoji.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• Nabbing a table in a crowded park can be a cutthroat affair.
  — Hannah Selinger, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
• In the cutthroat world of reality TV, alliances will be forged, trust will be shattered, and villains will scheme their way to the top.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
• This industry can be very intense and cutthroat and you can be made to feel guilty for wanting to just be a human.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2023
• The South Fork is the last stop on the salmonfly circuit, and its fish-a healthy mix of cutthroat, brown, and rainbow trout-are often the most cooperative.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 16 June 2020
• Those were times where the industry was less cutthroat in terms of budget concerns and keeping the talent.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• In the cutthroat world of climbing the career ladder, landing that next title can feel like the ultimate aim.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2024
• The world’s biggest economies are offering huge subsidies in a cutthroat race to win the industries of the future.
  — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023
• For those willing to pack in their reel, Brown’s Creek boasts innumerable cutthroat and brook trout!
  — Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 28 July 2020
• Feed the trout at the small Durango Fish Hatchery that raises cutthroats, Browns and rainbows as well as kokanee salmon.
  — Jeanine Barone, The Know, 2 July 2019
• Bosses in foodland are every bit as craven and cutthroat as anywhere else.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 23 July 2021
• Rainbow, cutthroats and cutbow trout are all into their spawn, so be cautious of redds while wading on the rivers and creeks.
  — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017
• Whatever the secret, throughout the decades, Roadshow has resisted the pull toward the new, now, and cutthroat.
  — Stephen Lurie, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2021
• And some parents do get cutthroat, selling outside the guidelines before they’re supposed to, or doing all the work for their girls.
  — Katie Grant, Parents, 7 Feb. 2024
• European brown trout swim up creeks too warm for native cutthroat.
  — Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2022
• All Catholics and all persons who favor the Catholic Church are…vile imposters, liars, villains, and cowardly cutthroats.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 26 Jan. 2017
• As their name implies, the children of the 80s in China were highly competitive in school and cutthroat in their careers.
  — Byrachel Shin, Fortune, 29 July 2023
• But being at the top of that list is incredibly lucrative — and cutthroat.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• Indeed, the pandemic ushered a Korean streaming market that is among the most cutthroat in the world.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
• In a business that can sometimes bend toward the cutthroat, Davis said May’s selfless approach to his job was refreshing.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2023
• But can Victor handle the cutthroat world of professional sports?
  — Damien Scott, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024

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cutthroat

2 of 2 adjective

• But this is the cutthroat NFL and Garoppolo seems to get it.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2021
• Which, in the cutthroat world of agenting, turns out to have its rewards.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
• To be sure, Risher, 57, is not a novice to the cutthroat world of tech business and ride-sharing.
  — Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• This is how the quest for awards-season glory got so cutthroat.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Fraser isn't alone in promoting self-care in the cutthroat world of Wall Street.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Mar. 2021
• Go out on a date: Bring your plus one to a new comedic play with Rogue Machine that goes behind the scenes of the cutthroat world of theater in the 1990s.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Although the comics were ambitious, the scene rarely felt cutthroat.
  — David Peisner, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• Mean Girls and Bring It On offered a junior version of the same: cutthroat high-school girls for whom short skirts and lipstick were weapons of war.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 2 Mar. 2021
• Shakira is taking aim at her ex, Gerard Piqué, in the cutthroat lyrics of her latest song.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
• And even though Kendall is in the midst of a downward spiral, Succession has taught us that a cutthroat takedown waits for no one.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2022
• Set inside the cutthroat world of an upper-crust ballet school, it’s like Flowers in the Attic but with pointe shoes.
  — Miguel Salazar, Vulture, 25 May 2021
• The new seats are only part of the often cutthroat redistricting fight.
  — Fox News, 27 Apr. 2021
• Use both book and street smarts to navigate through the cutthroat competition of the business world.
  — Vahe Tirakyan, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• Barshim and Tamberi decided to share the gold medal, hoping that their sportsmanship shows the world that sports doesn't have to be cutthroat.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• The guys go first, and some are pretty cutthroat about getting their face in front of the tunnels and blocking other guys from seeing through it.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 May 2022
• The term emerged in the world of Big Law in the 1980s when women were finally breaking into that cutthroat world and firms were (sort of) trying to attract them.
  — Emily Peck, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2021
• The cat-and-mouse game is going to just keep advancing—or at least, the cat side of it is becoming so cutthroat and cutting edge.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 8 Dec. 2022
• What do homebuyers have to do to get a house in this cutthroat real estate market?
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 16 June 2021
• And hustling and dealing, a lot of those same principles apply to the music game as well, which is just as cutthroat as the drug game, if not more in some ways.
  — Chuck Arnold, Billboard, 21 May 2022
• Bloom, one of the most cutthroat financial heavyweights in the world, is unreceptive.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• As emotional as the teaser makes Watch Out for the Big Grrrls seem, the series also appears to be cutthroat.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2022
• Even the closest of coaching friendships can be put to the test by the cutthroat world of college basketball recruiting.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2021
• But the professional sports team metaphor may not be quite right for companies that have a less cutthroat culture.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 12 May 2021
• Together, Alex and Bradley navigate the cutthroat world of morning news.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• The competition is cutthroat — but this heat is nothing that L.A. goths can’t handle.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
• Politics can be a very cutthroat business, so in my mind, that’s where some of her protective nature comes from.
  — ELLE, 21 Apr. 2022
• Still, that doesn’t mean that commercial flying is devoid of its own cutthroat class system.
  — Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 29 May 2022
• Getting to connect with everyone as people rather than players in a cutthroat monster of a game.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• Since virtually everyone has one these days, the days of huge growth are over, and competition between the large carriers can be cutthroat.
  — Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 17 Dec. 2023
• Modern romance insists on projecting at least the illusion of equality, but the cutthroat capitalist world in which Emily thrives (and where Luke struggles to maintain a foothold) has no real use for appearances.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024