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The Alaska State Troopers Active Missing Persons Bulletins webpage shows the faces of more than 150 missing people, each with a gut-wrenching, heartbreaking story.
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Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
The gut-wrenching film uses voice recordings between Hind Rajab and the Red Crescent volunteers who got the emergency call and tried to keep her on the line to get an ambulance to her.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
This novel, set in Australia at the outset of World War II, is gut-wrenching.
—The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
All the crazy ups and the gut-wrenching downs that are high school, but mostly just this totally overwhelming feeling of awe for her and joy for me.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
The gut-wrenching film uses voice recordings between Hind Rajab and the Red Crescent volunteers who got the emergency call and tried to keep her on the line to get an ambulance to her.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
This novel, set in Australia at the outset of World War II, is gut-wrenching.
—The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
All the crazy ups and the gut-wrenching downs that are high school, but mostly just this totally overwhelming feeling of awe for her and joy for me.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 Aug. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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