insides

plural of inside
as in gut
the internal organs of the body medical students eager to see what people's insides look like

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Recent Examples of insides Matso’s gown, too, though resembling a motherboard’s insides, was just dressmaker’s metal. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Apparently, that bite wasn’t enough to fatally damage the rodent’s insides, as no dead rodent was spotted. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 After about 15 minutes, they were burnt all over and completely deflated, their insides softened to a smushable pulp. — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 She’s gutted, her insides ripped out, and hung from a tree in the yard, dripping with blood. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026 The only difference is that, after this race, some of the competitors collapsed to the floor with sparks flying from their insides while safety officials charged over to attend to them with fire extinguishers. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Female flies bore into the fig to lay their eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out. — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 The Perpetually Composed, radiating calm while your insides are in chaos? — Laide Alexander, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The depression is a gritty-slick coating that constantly throbs against my thoughts and my insides. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insides
gut
Noun
  • However, a new type of gut-crawling worm being designed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), may actually be here to help.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
  • As anyone who has had to replace their car key recently can (and likely will) tell you, the cost of doing so comes as a gut punch.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Insides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insides. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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