Examples of “rut” in a Sentence

noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.

• The truck got stuck in a muddy rut on the dirt road.

noun A fixed, boring routine that feels hard to escape.

• After years at the same job, she felt she was stuck in a rut.
• We fell into a rut of ordering the same takeout every Friday.

noun The mating season of certain male mammals, such as deer, marked by heightened sexual activity.

• Stags become more aggressive during the autumn rut.