Thesaurus results for INWARDS

inwards

plural noun

as in inside(s)

the internal organs of the body the hunter cleaned the deer by slicing open the belly and removing the inwards

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Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The sunfish had a large lateral wound, so the viscera had likely already been removed.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

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Asus has made the Z13 look cooler than your average tablet, too, with a retro-futurist design that includes a small window to give you a peek at its impressive innards.

— Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
This front-engine, rear-drive supercar is equally adept at whisking you comfortably to dinner at a three-star Michelin restaurant and mashing your innards together with its seemingly limitless performance.

— Frankie Cruz, Car and Driver, 20 Jan. 2023

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In one scene Dahmer goes fishing and, while learning to gut his catch, squeezes the entrails between his fingers and watches them ooze.

— Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
Ancient peoples believed divine messages could be transmitted through a variety of mediums, including the entrails of dead animals, the stars, the behavior of birds and small bones or dice.

— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022

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Thiébaud was juggling trying to find a bed at the nearby hospital for Twain to claim before coordinating the airlift — all while keeping an eye on her dropping vitals.

— Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
Nurses came to her North Carolina private school to practice taking vitals, which included weighing in front of the entire class.

— Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023

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