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On July 23, Tom Ferebee dropped a Little Boy test bomb off Tinian as the plane rehearsed the gut-wrenching 155-degree right bank necessary to escape the blast.
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David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
An increasing number of deaths due to malnutrition have also been reported and gut-wrenching images have emerged of suffering children and long food lines.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 July 2025
That at-bat was the first in a series of events and decisions that quickly led to a gut-wrenching 4-3 walk-off loss for the Twins, who need to win to avoid being broken up at next week’s trade deadline, to the Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 July 2025
His most gut-wrenching setback, however, came when he was not selected to be a part of the men’s 4x100 lineup in 2008.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
An increasing number of deaths due to malnutrition have also been reported and gut-wrenching images have emerged of suffering children and long food lines.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 July 2025
That at-bat was the first in a series of events and decisions that quickly led to a gut-wrenching 4-3 walk-off loss for the Twins, who need to win to avoid being broken up at next week’s trade deadline, to the Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 July 2025
His most gut-wrenching setback, however, came when he was not selected to be a part of the men’s 4x100 lineup in 2008.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 24 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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