How to Use cutthroat in a Sentence

cutthroat

1 of 2 noun
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  • 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 | Tgreen@al.com, 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
  • The promise of on-time delivery is table stakes in a cutthroat industry in which prime contractors have the power to make or break deals.
    — Jeff Link, WIRED, 19 July 2023
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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
  • There are high school teams, college championships and cutthroat competition in the pros.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The competition for funding was cutthroat, and our fight for it was steadfast and unstinting.
    — Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2022

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