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The gut-wrenching scene is not in the original Broadway musical, and was actually improvised by the actresses.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
And then the movie shifts — to a gut-wrenching drama of domestic abuse.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
As if losing a gut-wrenching Game 7 weren’t bad enough for Drake and the Toronto Blue Jays, the hits kept coming during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series parade on Monday.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 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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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
And then the movie shifts — to a gut-wrenching drama of domestic abuse.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
As if losing a gut-wrenching Game 7 weren’t bad enough for Drake and the Toronto Blue Jays, the hits kept coming during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series parade on Monday.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 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 28 Nov. 2025.
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