Examples of gut-wrenching in a Sentence
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Its portrayal of overwhelming, gut-wrenching grief could easily leave its characters cynical about love.
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Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Savannah stepped back from her role on Today at the time, sharing a number of gut-wrenching pleas to the public with the hope of finding her mother.
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Meg Walters,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Success after so much failure—gut-wrenching letdowns after episodes of Odyssean temptation to fleeting belief, too many to count—is almost an ordeal.
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Austin Elias-De Jesus,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
Just gut-wrenching start to finish, and the closing moments with Rip will crush any hard-working man.
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David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2026
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Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Savannah stepped back from her role on Today at the time, sharing a number of gut-wrenching pleas to the public with the hope of finding her mother.
—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Success after so much failure—gut-wrenching letdowns after episodes of Odyssean temptation to fleeting belief, too many to count—is almost an ordeal.
—
Austin Elias-De Jesus,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
Just gut-wrenching start to finish, and the closing moments with Rip will crush any hard-working man.
—
David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for gut-wrenching
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“Gut-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gut-wrenching. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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