How to Use gut in a Sentence

gut

1 of 3 noun
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  • I didn't have the guts to do it.
  • That decision took a lot of guts.
  • That’s gotta be a punch in the gut to the hitters on the other side.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 29 May 2023
  • In other words, their guts did the work, not their teeth.
    — Riley Black, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • And what’s good for your gut happens to be great for your bread.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
  • This keeps the bacteria stuck in the tick’s gut and out of the host’s bloodstream.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 May 2023
  • Tis the season to support your gut health, skin, and hair.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • From our mood to our skin health, everything starts in the gut.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Is there a frequency to loose faggotry coiled deep in the gut?
    — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • Cause nine times outta 10 [times], your gut won’t guide you wrong. ...
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But for a critic, the job is to start with the gut feeling and then try to nail down where that’s coming from.
    — Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In the human gut, the enzyme isn’t expressed in amounts to be useful.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Your gut is telling you something; please listen to it.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But in the Lanserhof universe, health and longevity begin and end with — or rather, in — the gut.
    — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In this case, take spotting 555 as a hint to go with your gut, no matter how scary the move may seem.
    — Karina Castrillo, Women's Health, 29 July 2023
  • Brain injuries can cause dysfunction in both the heart and gut.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The knife is designed to be slimed with blood and guts, with aggressive jimping on the spine.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Kick off your self-care journey with a focus on gut health.
    — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
  • To me, your gut instinct is 99.9% correct; listen to it.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
  • All that customization adds up to a boot that’s got the guts to push the envelope on the slopes but still feels good.
    — Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Opponents say the state’s new rules gut court records that should be available to the public.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • My gut instincts are that my friend is being played by her teen and has been since the divorce.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Williams ran up the gut for a 16-yard touchdown run, but a holding call on Proctor took it away.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Many patients don’t need me to convince them of the gut’s importance.
    — Nitin K. Ahuja, The New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2023
  • It’s been years since that stage of Gladstone’s career, and still, her memories punch her in the gut.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The acetic acid content in apple cider vinegar is said to promote gut health, curb hunger, and more.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The guy connected to those elite legs decided to trust his gut.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • These are substances that may support the growth or spread of healthy gut bacteria.
    — Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Maybe the next cohort will spend their late nights in the guts of the A.I.s their parents once regarded as black boxes.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The perfect moment to trust my gut, to quit a job and take a chance on myself as a full-time freelance writer.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
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gut

2 of 3 adjective
  • Yesterday's episode was gut-wrenching, to say the least.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The loss of friends, of comrades, of community, was gut-wrenching.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 May 2018
  • One of the most gut-wrenching fashion rumors has resurfaced.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 17 Oct. 2017
  • That was so gut-wrenching and yet beautiful and inspiring at the same time.
    — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 30 May 2017
  • That suggests their effects on the brain could, in part, be a result of their influence on gut flora).
    — The Economist, 19 Mar. 2018
  • A week after one of the most gut-wrenching defeats of her career, Sinclair stepped on the field for a training session with the Portland Thorns.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com, 4 July 2019
  • To have my workplace conduct questioned was gut-wrenching.
    — Ryan Seacrest, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Imagine now the gut feeling many Greeks must feel about the politics of this situation.
    — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 26 June 2018
  • Fan favorite Becca Kufrin — who found herself at the center of one of the most gut-wrenching Bachelor breakups of all time — has a second chance at love.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 26 May 2018
  • Troy lost 50-43 to Arkansas State in one of the most gut-wrenching ways imaginable Saturday night, with the clock running out and the Trojans helpless to stop it.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 29 Sep. 2019
  • There are few things more gut-wrenching than that slow-motion drop as your favorite palette tumbles towards the ground and its imminent demise.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2018
  • How could a film turn such a simple, unromantic word into one of the most gut-wrenching expressions of love ever to be uttered on screen?
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 4 Dec. 2017
  • Usually these are meant to be gut organisms, which grow in your intestine and help with digestion.
    — Tara Smith, SELF, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The most gut-wrenching moment in the finale is when Serena locks June in a car and visits her daughter, Hannah, without letting them speak or see each other.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 14 June 2017
  • Last Sunday's episode of Game Of Thrones was full of controversial and gut-wrenching scenes that elicited some pretty strong responses from viewers.
    — Glamour, 9 May 2019
  • Those present promised a second season filled with even more gut-wrenching moments as the series moves beyond the events of Margaret Atwood’s seminal 1985 novel.
    — Paul Chi, HWD, 19 Mar. 2018
  • When a child is inadvertently killed by battling swordsmen, his mother – danced by Kathleen Dahlhoff – lifts her child into her arms and cuts loose with a silent and gut-wrenching scream.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • But the emaciated polar bear, featured in videos Nicklen published to social media on December 5, was one of the most gut-wrenching sights he's ever seen.
    — National Geographic, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Smith's gut feeling and what Plan de Ville's growth in its early stages have proven is that in this new world of social clout, dropping a brand name that nobody else knows rather than a household one can instantly equate to style star power.
    — Tyler Joe, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2016
  • Needed levity arrives courtesy of Hader, a crucial scene stealer whose Richie always has one foot on the gas pedal out of town but lends gut-wrenching emotion, too.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Luyendyk received his fair share of social media hate for dumping Becca Kufrin in perhaps the most gut-wrenching way — by allowing the cameras to film the action, then airing it on television.
    — refinery29.com, 28 May 2018
  • The gut microbiome, also known as gut flora, is the collective bacteria and microorganisms that live in the digestive system, Sarah Sloat writes for Inverse.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Rosa Maria’s case was the latest example – made all the more gut-wrenching, for everyone involved, by the many vulnerabilities of the immigrant at its center.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Changes in diet and stopping breastfeeding are factors that affect gut bacteria in children older than 4 years.
    — Philly.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Surprisingly, the most gut-wrenching moment of the episode actually happened before the beloved firefighter died.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 26 Sep. 2019
  • In New York, there’s still interest, because gut renovation is already so costly.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2018
  • Padgett explained Monday that many of his decisions come from gut instinct, from a feel for a situation and a growing confidence that previous times those moves worked out.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Bariatric surgery actually increases the production of certain gut hormones that interact with the brain to reduce hunger and enhance feelings of fullness.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The use of explicit criteria to make decisions can reduce our dependence on gut reaction.
    — David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
  • For anyone who’s ever felt inadequate or adrift, or who’s ever broken a family relationship in a way that feels like it can never be fixed, the story’s resonance is gut-wrenching.
    — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
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gut

3 of 3 verb
  • Critics claim that these reforms will gut the law.
  • The salmon is already gutted and filleted.
  • The buyers will toss the toilet and gut the whole house.
    — Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The Ravens will find a way to gut out this one against a Cleveland team that has been a tough out.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But just to gut the win out, those guys [Lakers] made a run.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The buyers want location, and have plans to gut the house.
    — Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Some observers fret that the Supreme Court might use the case to gut Section 230 entirely.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The Spurs were short-handed too Friday but found a way to gut out a victory.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Evaluate the players on the roster in Year 1 and gut it again and fill out the roster with a bunch of one-year free-agent deals.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Color worked on his eyes and gut like a self-renewing first crush.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
  • Ask the fishmonger to scale and gut the fish, and to remove the gills, which can impart a bitter flavor.
    — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • These foods are packed with nutrients that support gut health and weight loss.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This is a rowhouse, the kind developers gut and flip by the dozens, daily.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some researchers hold that Parkinson’s has two subtypes: gut first and brain first.
    — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Mahomes was able to gut out the second half and seemed to be laboring more with every play.
    — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Some filet their bluegill, but old-schoolers scale and gut their fish, then coat in corn meal and fry until golden brown.
    — David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The Warriors usually gut bigs in those spots, but Ayton met the challenge.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Love, who tried to gut through the injury against Atlanta the other night, is still in a considerable amount of pain.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Still, the mounting case tally threatened to gut rosters.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In the end, it was decided to gut and redo the interior yet again.
    — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Such a move would not only gut the Pac-12, but make the Big Ten a 16-team super conference that stretches from coast-to-coast.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 30 June 2022
  • Heart breaking, gut wrenching story, people have had enough of this stuff.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Paid by the barrel, women who could cut, gut and salt quickly often earned more than the men working on fishing boats or on the docks.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Joyner spent two-and-a-half years gut renovating the home to perfection.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 May 2022
  • So Ellis was forced to gut out the end of the game after practicing minimally all week.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Strong social bonds can even help gut bacteria health in some monkeys.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • Sensing a bargain, a builder draws up plans to gut the building and remodel it as a home for his family.
    — Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
  • But Eppler emphasized that the team would not gut the roster to build a better model for success.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The new realities make clear that some change is needed, but sponsors of the current effort have been careful not to completely gut Prop. 47.
    — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Some were emboldened by the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action last June.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024

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