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.

Examples of the bowels in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the present, Kirk has to stop Reeger from wholesale slaughtering an entire planet, which involves beaming into the bowels of the ship to sabotage the ship’s phaser banks. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Reliever optimizes availability After taking his head out of the cold tub, Blubaugh traverses the bowels of Daikin Park. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Between my sobs and his sighs, the other servers tucked past, wondering what was happening but not really wanting to deal with the crazy person watching their co-worker badger-dig into the bowels of this cabinet. — Asha Iyer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Undoubtedly in pain, Laney-Hamilton fielded the question near the Liberty’s locker room inside the bowels of Barclays Center. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the bowels

• avowals
• cowles
• dowels
• towels
• vowels