How to Use gutsy in a Sentence

gutsy

adjective

• That was a very gutsy decision.
• The Saints got the Colts lead down to 10-6 at half, then got gutsy.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 30 Jan. 2018
• The league made Cuban back off, but that was a gutsy move.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2021
• That play is part of a pick-6 of great jobs — and great flops — with gutsy calls.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
• And gutsy Kuhlman, on his own, mailing out CDs on a wing and a prayer.
  — Michael Kosser, Variety, 12 May 2023
• That was a gutsy showing that points to brighter days ...
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2021
• The pair talked to CNN this week about the series and heir own gutsy moments.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022
• The gutsy senior threw for 334 yards and a touchdown while adding three TDs on the ground.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 Oct. 2020
• The pages are glossy, the chapters are short and the women inside are gutsy.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2019
• Making such a change to the lineup might be a gutsy call with some, but not with O’Keefe.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
• And none of these things is less noble or gutsy than the other.
  — Alice Bolin, Longreads, 26 June 2018
• Polly was warm and funny, smart and gutsy and fun to be around.
  — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2021
• Late in the first half, Pederson made a gutsy call that paid off.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• In an attempt to get out of the right-side trap, Theegala made a gutsy call that didn’t pay off.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2022
• The Guardians loaded the bases with one out in the second, but a gutsy play from Báez saved a run from scoring.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2022
• Rahm made a gutsy decision to play his third shot away from the hole, flipping the ball to the right of the hole above the flagstick.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2021
• The real question is who's gutsy enough to take the Eagles.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Feb. 2018
• The gutsy performance earned Sellers the first Pac-12 pitcher of the week award of the season. ...
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
• And don't forget about the gutsy fake-punt call that picked up a key second-half first down, too.
  — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2022
• Finke’s gutsy swim, in fact, was a turning point after the team’s sluggish start in the first few days.
  — Alice Park/tokyo, Time, 1 Aug. 2021
• Returning to the genre at this point in her career is both safe and gutsy.
  — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• This was the playcall on a 4th and goal with 38 seconds left in the second, a gutsy call that could make or break the Super Bowl.
  — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 4 Feb. 2018
• Lilli Burdon ran a gutsy race to finish third in the 5,000.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2018
• Mary’s pattern of gutsy behavior set the stage for the rest of her eventful life.
  — Frank Batavick, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 June 2021
• When asked, Courtney agrees that the FX hit is her brother's ode to her and her gutsy career.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
• Just a month ago, the team scored 10 goals in the span of three games and was putting out gutsy results despite conceding the first goal.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• Neither team would budge in the second half until the Titans came up big in crunch time to close out the gutsy road win.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2023
• Joe Flacco needs to be gutsy and air it out more and target Emmanuel Sanders more.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2019
• Partly, that’s thanks to gutsy executives like Allain, one of the few Black creatives at any studio back in the late 1980s.
  — Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
• The Orioles made several defensive blunders and their bats weren’t much better to spoil a gutsy performance from Kremer in the club’s 9-4 loss to the Padres.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024