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The multi-tiered approach makes what happens all that more gut-wrenching, poignant and powerful.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The smoke, the fires, the gunshots, the chaos, the terror, the grief — all of it appears in gut-wrenching detail.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
The gut-wrenching drama had audiences reaching for the tissues at Saturday’s premiere.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025
Thursday evening, for the Phillies, was simply about being present after a gut-wrenching loss.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The smoke, the fires, the gunshots, the chaos, the terror, the grief — all of it appears in gut-wrenching detail.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
The gut-wrenching drama had audiences reaching for the tissues at Saturday’s premiere.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025
Thursday evening, for the Phillies, was simply about being present after a gut-wrenching loss.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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 4 Nov. 2025.
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