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The gut-wrenching loss ensures that the Mariners’ unwanted record as the only team in Major League Baseball never to appear at the Fall Classic remains very much intact.
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Se7en's gut-wrenching plot twist will leave viewers with goosebumps, but here's where the real chills crawl up the spine: Denzel Washington passed on the role of David Mills.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
But the most important part of the story left unseen in the series is the gut-wrenching violence Gacy inflicted on his victims, both those who died and the few who survived.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
The multi-tiered approach makes what happens all that more gut-wrenching, poignant and powerful.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Se7en's gut-wrenching plot twist will leave viewers with goosebumps, but here's where the real chills crawl up the spine: Denzel Washington passed on the role of David Mills.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
But the most important part of the story left unseen in the series is the gut-wrenching violence Gacy inflicted on his victims, both those who died and the few who survived.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
The multi-tiered approach makes what happens all that more gut-wrenching, poignant and powerful.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 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 7 Nov. 2025.
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