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David Najib Kasir’s Palestinian portraits are immediately gut-wrenching.
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Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The final product, a co-production between ITVS and Deep Dive Films in association with Storylens Pictures, is a gut-wrenching, tender probe into the trans-masc experience, and why, though an inherently joyful change, transitioning often becomes dangerously isolating.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Every new detail about the case has been more gut-wrenching than the last, and with each passing moment without any real leads, the concern about Nancy Guthrie’s well-being grows.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2026
Raha’s story has spread quickly in recent weeks in part because her Telegram posts express a joyful nature that is now gut-wrenching to behold.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
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Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The final product, a co-production between ITVS and Deep Dive Films in association with Storylens Pictures, is a gut-wrenching, tender probe into the trans-masc experience, and why, though an inherently joyful change, transitioning often becomes dangerously isolating.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Every new detail about the case has been more gut-wrenching than the last, and with each passing moment without any real leads, the concern about Nancy Guthrie’s well-being grows.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2026
Raha’s story has spread quickly in recent weeks in part because her Telegram posts express a joyful nature that is now gut-wrenching to behold.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
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 25 Feb. 2026.
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