"Gut" Example Sentences
1. I have a gut feeling that something is wrong.
2. It made me sick to my gut.
3. Follow your gut instinct, it's usually right.
4. My gut told me not to trust him.
5. The punch landed in his gut and knocked the wind out of him.
6. She tore out her hair, ripped her dress and gutted all hope.
7. The fighter landed a gut-punch that sent his opponent to the ground.
8. The surgeon had to gut the diseased part of the intestine.
9. The authors gutted the manuscript, removing pages of unnecessary details.
10. The emotion welled up from within my gut and burst forth in tears.
11. He tore out the interior of the old car, gutting it for parts.
12. My stomach is churning and my gut is in knots with worry.
13. The shark ripped into the whale's gut to feed on its organs.
14. The wound to his gut was deep and bleeding profusely.
15. The surgery was meant to gut his ego and deflate his pride.
16. Animals gut and skin their prey before preparing the meat.
17. The soldiers tore through the village, gutting and burning houses.
18. The fish was gutted and scaled before cooking on an open fire.
19. That news really hit me in the gut like a punch to the stomach.
20. He gutted the kitchen cupboards looking for snacks.
21. The pain in my gut doubled me over and sent me to the floor.
22. I trusted my gut and didn't take the job offer.
23. It's going to be a gut-wrenching decision but I have to make it.
24. The car struck the deer with a sickening thud and gutted it.
25. The news was gut-wrenching and left him on the verge of tears.
26. The editor gutted half the story, leaving only the bare bones.
27. I had a gut feeling that something wasn't right.
28. The fortune teller said to trust my gut instincts.
29. That decision went against my better judgment and gut feeling.
30. The boxer threw a quick gut punch that doubled his opponent over.
31. I just had this gut-wrenching dread from the very beginning.
32. The thief gutted the cash register and made off with the money.
33. My stomach is in knots and my gut is churning with worry.
34. The swing of the axe gutted the pig from head to toe.
35. The hunter gutted the deer and hung it from a tree to drain the blood.
36. His gut reaction was to run away from the argument.
37. She decided to go with her gut and take the new job.
38. I followed my gut and applied for the transfer.
39. The news hit me right in the gut like a punch to the stomach.
40. My gut reaction is that she's lying.
41. I regret going against my gut feeling on that decision.
42. He threw a gut punch that took his opponent's breath away.
43. The editor gutted the article, cutting away anything unnecessary.
44. I got this gut feeling you can't explain that something's not right.
45. Her gut-wrenching sobs filled the room as she wept uncontrollably.
46. The axe sliced through muscle and bone, gutting the deer from head to tail.
47. My gut instinct told me to run but I didn't listen.
48. The wound to his gut was deep and severing vital organs.
49. The fighter landed a gut punch that put his opponent on the canvas.
50. She gutted the article, removing unnecessary details and repetitions.
51. The news left her feeling gutted and hopeless.
52. The tables were overturned and cabinets gutted during the robbery.
53. The feeling in my gut said run, but I stayed.
54. I regret not following my gut feeling on that decision.
55. The boxer threw a hard right to his opponent's gut.
56. The police gutted the house looking for evidence.
57. I followed my gut and backed out of that deal.
58. My gut told me not to trust her, but I didn't listen.
59. The thief gutted the drawers looking for anything valuable.
60. The doctor said the surgery would gut his confidence for good.
Common Phases
gut feeling - an intuitive feeling, often used to describe a strong suspicion based on intuition rather than facts.
Follow your
gut/Go with your
gut - To depend upon intuition rather than logic or evidence in making a decision.
Hit someone in the
gut/
gut punch - To cause someone intense emotional pain or shock.
Gut-wrenching - Causing great sorrow, distress or despair.
Gut-wrenching sobs - Violent, convulsive sobs caused by intense distress.
Gut instinct - An intuition based on instinct rather than logic or reason.
Back of the
gut - The part of the stomach closest to the spine.
Twist someone's
guts - To cause someone acute anxiety, tension or nausea.
On
gut feeling - According to one's intuition or inner sense.
Gut a fish - To remove the entrails of a fish.
editor/surgeon/writer
gutted the article/novel/manuscript - They reduced it severely in size or extent by removing unnecessary parts.
Gut-level reaction - An immediate, intuitive reaction that requires no conscious decision making.
Guts - Essence. The vital or essential part of something.