How to Use rut in a Sentence

rut

1 of 2 noun

• As the rut ends, a buck's or bull's testosterone drops, and so do their antlers.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
• Germany is stuck in a rut, and there is no quick way out.
  — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2024
• What do owe you a struggling friend who is stuck in a rut?
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
• His team played through the rut and responded with a 9-0 run for a 22-point lead.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• Hitting a rut in your career happens to the best of us.
  — Laura Smythe, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• Willard was searching for a player who could lift the Terps out of their rut.
  — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
• After the rut, elk will gather again in large herds for the winter.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• As the sun and Uranus harmonize, risky choices gets you out of a rut.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• If that sounds like a writer in a rut, go read Wilson’s books.
  — Stephanie Hayes, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2022
• Coles found ruts from Neuwiller’s truck, along with spent shells, wadding, and feathers on the ground.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Sep. 2023
• Wilde told troopers the ruts on the road pulled his vehicle and caused him to hydroplane, the charges said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
• My reason for hunting around the rut with an OTC tag is that the woods are less crowded.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
• Breaking out of this rut is achievable with the right approach.
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• Both feel like big, refreshing changes that could pull you out of any rut.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Both groups want more than the current system offers and could push it out of its rut.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Lamb meatballs help folks break out of that chicken rut.
  — Heather Mayer Irvine, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
• Ava, a true crime obsessive, hits on the idea of making a podcast with the killer as a way out of their rut.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• We are also stuck in a rut because of a front stalling over the area with shower and storm chances for at least the next four days.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• After the rut, elk start to change their feeding patterns.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
• The Detroit Red Wings' hunt for a playoff spot hit a rut in the first of back-to-back games against one of the other teams giving chase.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
• In a food rut, relying on the same dinner staples again and again?
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
• This is a bet that Penix can unlock the team’s playmakers and get this offense out of its rut.
  — Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• But the sterling work ethic that paved the way for First Aid Kit’s career also formed a deep rut of burnout.
  — Victoria Wasylak, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• The road consisted of deep parallel ruts with a grassy hump in the middle.
  — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• But proximity to stags, bulls, and bucks during the rut should get your heart rate up.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Aug. 2023
• How does a team with most of its players back from the 2023 Final Four roster find itself in this rut?
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• There’s no easy solution to the rut the market is currently in.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• However, the small-ish wheels sometimes get caught in ruts, and the suitcase is not quite up to par with how a spinner should move.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
• Bennett found even greater success with Lady Gaga, who was in her own kind of artistic rut when the two met.
  — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 July 2023
• For Brown, getting out of the rut involved letting go of a favorite business.
  — Bystephen Gandel, Fortune, 8 June 2023

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rut

2 of 2 verb

• There weren’t any lights, no structures, just rutted roads and a bright moon.
  — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• Schmit takes time off from work to bowhunt the Minnesota whitetail rut each fall.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
• This means that rutting bucks will spend more time on their feet, searching for does when the rut begins.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
• Those looking to have a close encounter with a rutting buck or screaming bull elk tend to go heavy.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
• Having a doe on the ground can actually draw in rutting bucks, Thomas says.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023
• The pavement on Palos Verdes Drive South is rutted and warped, jutting up and down like an asphalt roller coaster.
  — Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Walkers can get off the trail in a single step, while bikers have to dismount and rut into nearby shrubs and cacti.
  — Outside Online, 15 June 2021
• During the fall rutting season, bulls will separate from each other and seek out cows, which remain in harems (groups).
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• By Monday afternoon, the sun was out, and the roads were dry and deeply rutted in areas, although even the littlest Hondas and Hyundais were leaving with no problems.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
• Hidden down a narrow, rutted dirt road, the house has a concrete floor and no furniture or running water.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• The gravel drive was rutted and uneven and stippled with weeds, but weeds of an attractive sort, flowering thistles, Queen Anne’s lace.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• If the air temperature stays above 104 consistently, the streets can get rutted within a matter of days.
  — Curbed, 28 July 2023
• Bulls can be aggressive during the rutting season, mid-July through August.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 July 2023
• There are several phases to the rut, but in most parts of the country heavy rutting activity begins in late October and continues through mid-November.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
• The road had vanished, churned into a sandy, rutted track by the hundreds of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles that have fanned out across the territory since Israel invaded in late October.
  — Patrick Kingsley Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• There weren’t any lights, no structures, just rutted roads and a bright moon.
  — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• Schmit takes time off from work to bowhunt the Minnesota whitetail rut each fall.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
• This means that rutting bucks will spend more time on their feet, searching for does when the rut begins.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
• Those looking to have a close encounter with a rutting buck or screaming bull elk tend to go heavy.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
• Having a doe on the ground can actually draw in rutting bucks, Thomas says.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023
• The pavement on Palos Verdes Drive South is rutted and warped, jutting up and down like an asphalt roller coaster.
  — Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Walkers can get off the trail in a single step, while bikers have to dismount and rut into nearby shrubs and cacti.
  — Outside Online, 15 June 2021
• During the fall rutting season, bulls will separate from each other and seek out cows, which remain in harems (groups).
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• By Monday afternoon, the sun was out, and the roads were dry and deeply rutted in areas, although even the littlest Hondas and Hyundais were leaving with no problems.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
• Hidden down a narrow, rutted dirt road, the house has a concrete floor and no furniture or running water.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• The gravel drive was rutted and uneven and stippled with weeds, but weeds of an attractive sort, flowering thistles, Queen Anne’s lace.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• If the air temperature stays above 104 consistently, the streets can get rutted within a matter of days.
  — Curbed, 28 July 2023
• Bulls can be aggressive during the rutting season, mid-July through August.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 July 2023
• There are several phases to the rut, but in most parts of the country heavy rutting activity begins in late October and continues through mid-November.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
• The road had vanished, churned into a sandy, rutted track by the hundreds of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles that have fanned out across the territory since Israel invaded in late October.
  — Patrick Kingsley Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024