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as in entrails
the internal organs of the body
unpleasant memories of having to examine the innards of a frog for science class
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as in interior
an interior or internal part
consumers are warned against poking around in the innards of the air conditioner
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Recent Examples of innards
During the movie, groups of people walk out every ten minutes or so, usually when someone onscreen is moaning sensually as another character probes their innards.
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Vulture, 27 May 2022
Then, the region began to surge upward as a mantle plume — a vast lump of heated rock that arises within the Earth’s innards like globs in a lava lamp — pushed toward the surface.
—Shannon Hall, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2018
Gulls gather outside the fish plant, eager to peck at the bloody innards tossed their way.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
Hops has done a superb job of mounting the engine in the Mazda's innards.
—Brock Yates, Car and Driver, 29 Dec. 2022
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Vulture, 27 May 2022
Then, the region began to surge upward as a mantle plume — a vast lump of heated rock that arises within the Earth’s innards like globs in a lava lamp — pushed toward the surface.
—Shannon Hall, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2018
Gulls gather outside the fish plant, eager to peck at the bloody innards tossed their way.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
Hops has done a superb job of mounting the engine in the Mazda's innards.
—Brock Yates, Car and Driver, 29 Dec. 2022
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“Innards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innards. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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