Will you be able to pick up the gauntlet?

The gaunt policeman had a bolt-action rifle slung over one shoulder.

We had to run the gauntlet of entrenched defenders.

I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.

The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.

Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.

Tom was gaunt when they found him.

I approached and knocked at the door, which was instantly opened by a tall, gaunt woman with a harsh, forbidding face.

Will she be able to pick up the gauntlet?