How to Use gut in a Sentence

gut

1 of 3 noun

• I didn't have the guts to do it.
• That decision took a lot of guts.
• That’s gotta be a punch in the gut to the hitters on the other side.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 29 May 2023
• In other words, their guts did the work, not their teeth.
  — Riley Black, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• And what’s good for your gut happens to be great for your bread.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
• This keeps the bacteria stuck in the tick’s gut and out of the host’s bloodstream.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 May 2023
• Tis the season to support your gut health, skin, and hair.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
• From our mood to our skin health, everything starts in the gut.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
• Is there a frequency to loose faggotry coiled deep in the gut?
  — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
• Cause nine times outta 10 [times], your gut won’t guide you wrong. ...
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• But for a critic, the job is to start with the gut feeling and then try to nail down where that’s coming from.
  — Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• In the human gut, the enzyme isn’t expressed in amounts to be useful.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
• Your gut is telling you something; please listen to it.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• But in the Lanserhof universe, health and longevity begin and end with — or rather, in — the gut.
  — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• In this case, take spotting 555 as a hint to go with your gut, no matter how scary the move may seem.
  — Karina Castrillo, Women's Health, 29 July 2023
• Brain injuries can cause dysfunction in both the heart and gut.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• The knife is designed to be slimed with blood and guts, with aggressive jimping on the spine.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
• Kick off your self-care journey with a focus on gut health.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
• To me, your gut instinct is 99.9% correct; listen to it.
  — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
• All that customization adds up to a boot that’s got the guts to push the envelope on the slopes but still feels good.
  — Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
• Opponents say the state’s new rules gut court records that should be available to the public.
  — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
• My gut instincts are that my friend is being played by her teen and has been since the divorce.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• Williams ran up the gut for a 16-yard touchdown run, but a holding call on Proctor took it away.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2023
• Many patients don’t need me to convince them of the gut’s importance.
  — Nitin K. Ahuja, The New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2023
• It’s been years since that stage of Gladstone’s career, and still, her memories punch her in the gut.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• The acetic acid content in apple cider vinegar is said to promote gut health, curb hunger, and more.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
• The guy connected to those elite legs decided to trust his gut.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
• These are substances that may support the growth or spread of healthy gut bacteria.
  — Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
• Maybe the next cohort will spend their late nights in the guts of the A.I.s their parents once regarded as black boxes.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• The perfect moment to trust my gut, to quit a job and take a chance on myself as a full-time freelance writer.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023

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gut

2 of 3 adjective

• Yesterday's episode was gut-wrenching, to say the least.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2018
• The loss of friends, of comrades, of community, was gut-wrenching.
  — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 May 2018
• One of the most gut-wrenching fashion rumors has resurfaced.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 17 Oct. 2017
• That was so gut-wrenching and yet beautiful and inspiring at the same time.
  — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 30 May 2017
• That suggests their effects on the brain could, in part, be a result of their influence on gut flora).
  — The Economist, 19 Mar. 2018
• A week after one of the most gut-wrenching defeats of her career, Sinclair stepped on the field for a training session with the Portland Thorns.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com, 4 July 2019
• To have my workplace conduct questioned was gut-wrenching.
  — Ryan Seacrest, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
• Imagine now the gut feeling many Greeks must feel about the politics of this situation.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 26 June 2018
• Fan favorite Becca Kufrin — who found herself at the center of one of the most gut-wrenching Bachelor breakups of all time — has a second chance at love.
  — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 26 May 2018
• Troy lost 50-43 to Arkansas State in one of the most gut-wrenching ways imaginable Saturday night, with the clock running out and the Trojans helpless to stop it.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 29 Sep. 2019
• There are few things more gut-wrenching than that slow-motion drop as your favorite palette tumbles towards the ground and its imminent demise.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2018
• How could a film turn such a simple, unromantic word into one of the most gut-wrenching expressions of love ever to be uttered on screen?
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 4 Dec. 2017
• Usually these are meant to be gut organisms, which grow in your intestine and help with digestion.
  — Tara Smith, SELF, 14 Sep. 2017
• The most gut-wrenching moment in the finale is when Serena locks June in a car and visits her daughter, Hannah, without letting them speak or see each other.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 14 June 2017
• Last Sunday's episode of Game Of Thrones was full of controversial and gut-wrenching scenes that elicited some pretty strong responses from viewers.
  — Glamour, 9 May 2019
• Those present promised a second season filled with even more gut-wrenching moments as the series moves beyond the events of Margaret Atwood’s seminal 1985 novel.
  — Paul Chi, HWD, 19 Mar. 2018
• When a child is inadvertently killed by battling swordsmen, his mother – danced by Kathleen Dahlhoff – lifts her child into her arms and cuts loose with a silent and gut-wrenching scream.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• But the emaciated polar bear, featured in videos Nicklen published to social media on December 5, was one of the most gut-wrenching sights he's ever seen.
  — National Geographic, 7 Dec. 2017
• Smith's gut feeling and what Plan de Ville's growth in its early stages have proven is that in this new world of social clout, dropping a brand name that nobody else knows rather than a household one can instantly equate to style star power.
  — Tyler Joe, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2016
• Needed levity arrives courtesy of Hader, a crucial scene stealer whose Richie always has one foot on the gas pedal out of town but lends gut-wrenching emotion, too.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
• Luyendyk received his fair share of social media hate for dumping Becca Kufrin in perhaps the most gut-wrenching way — by allowing the cameras to film the action, then airing it on television.
  — refinery29.com, 28 May 2018
• The gut microbiome, also known as gut flora, is the collective bacteria and microorganisms that live in the digestive system, Sarah Sloat writes for Inverse.
  — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 23 Apr. 2018
• Rosa Maria’s case was the latest example – made all the more gut-wrenching, for everyone involved, by the many vulnerabilities of the immigrant at its center.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2017
• Changes in diet and stopping breastfeeding are factors that affect gut bacteria in children older than 4 years.
  — Philly.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Surprisingly, the most gut-wrenching moment of the episode actually happened before the beloved firefighter died.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 26 Sep. 2019
• In New York, there’s still interest, because gut renovation is already so costly.
  — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2018
• Padgett explained Monday that many of his decisions come from gut instinct, from a feel for a situation and a growing confidence that previous times those moves worked out.
  — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2018
• Bariatric surgery actually increases the production of certain gut hormones that interact with the brain to reduce hunger and enhance feelings of fullness.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2017
• The use of explicit criteria to make decisions can reduce our dependence on gut reaction.
  — David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
• For anyone who’s ever felt inadequate or adrift, or who’s ever broken a family relationship in a way that feels like it can never be fixed, the story’s resonance is gut-wrenching.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017

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gut

3 of 3 verb

• Critics claim that these reforms will gut the law.
• The salmon is already gutted and filleted.
• The buyers will toss the toilet and gut the whole house.
  — Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
• The Ravens will find a way to gut out this one against a Cleveland team that has been a tough out.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
• But just to gut the win out, those guys [Lakers] made a run.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• The buyers want location, and have plans to gut the house.
  — Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
• Some observers fret that the Supreme Court might use the case to gut Section 230 entirely.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 5 Oct. 2022
• The Spurs were short-handed too Friday but found a way to gut out a victory.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Jan. 2023
• Evaluate the players on the roster in Year 1 and gut it again and fill out the roster with a bunch of one-year free-agent deals.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• Color worked on his eyes and gut like a self-renewing first crush.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
• Ask the fishmonger to scale and gut the fish, and to remove the gills, which can impart a bitter flavor.
  — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• These foods are packed with nutrients that support gut health and weight loss.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• This is a rowhouse, the kind developers gut and flip by the dozens, daily.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• Some researchers hold that Parkinson’s has two subtypes: gut first and brain first.
  — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
• Mahomes was able to gut out the second half and seemed to be laboring more with every play.
  — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
• Some filet their bluegill, but old-schoolers scale and gut their fish, then coat in corn meal and fry until golden brown.
  — David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
• The Warriors usually gut bigs in those spots, but Ayton met the challenge.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
• Love, who tried to gut through the injury against Atlanta the other night, is still in a considerable amount of pain.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
• Still, the mounting case tally threatened to gut rosters.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• In the end, it was decided to gut and redo the interior yet again.
  — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
• Such a move would not only gut the Pac-12, but make the Big Ten a 16-team super conference that stretches from coast-to-coast.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 30 June 2022
• Heart breaking, gut wrenching story, people have had enough of this stuff.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Paid by the barrel, women who could cut, gut and salt quickly often earned more than the men working on fishing boats or on the docks.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
• Joyner spent two-and-a-half years gut renovating the home to perfection.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 May 2022
• So Ellis was forced to gut out the end of the game after practicing minimally all week.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Strong social bonds can even help gut bacteria health in some monkeys.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
• Sensing a bargain, a builder draws up plans to gut the building and remodel it as a home for his family.
  — Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
• But Eppler emphasized that the team would not gut the roster to build a better model for success.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• The signs are there that the conservative majority on the court could use this case to gut Section 2 and severely limit what’s left of the law.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 4 Oct. 2022
• In this more complete version, the Beatles know in some part of their collective heart and gut that they’re headed for a breakup (if not now, then soon enough).
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024