the bowels
plural noun
literary
: the deep inner parts of something
They dug deep into the bowels of the earth.
The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.
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Plenty of thought clearly also went into creating the right ambience from the moment the team bus pulls up behind the West Stand judging by the different lighting and imagery used to shift the mood as the players pass through the bowels of the arena.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The investigations into Greco and others, including former senior officials at the N.Y.P.D., are still presumably somewhere in the bowels of the federal bureaucracy.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
In the bowels of the Pentagon, a handful of strategists in the Office of Net Assessment focused on how new systems such as drones might more fully revolutionize military strategy by detecting and targeting the enemy from a distance to win wars quickly and with little risk to U.S. troops.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
Both regular and decaf coffee stimulate the bowels, but their effects vary depending on the caffeine content and additives like milk.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 21 July 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The investigations into Greco and others, including former senior officials at the N.Y.P.D., are still presumably somewhere in the bowels of the federal bureaucracy.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
In the bowels of the Pentagon, a handful of strategists in the Office of Net Assessment focused on how new systems such as drones might more fully revolutionize military strategy by detecting and targeting the enemy from a distance to win wars quickly and with little risk to U.S. troops.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
Both regular and decaf coffee stimulate the bowels, but their effects vary depending on the caffeine content and additives like milk.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the bowels
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“The bowels.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20bowels. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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