guts

Example Sentences

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The rush is on to reconfigure the guts of the electric grid.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“I’m the only one with the guts to say that out loud,” Huang told The Times during a recent campaign stop at a bookstore in the West Adams neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Hearts were focused, relentless and eventually victorious; flawed but lacking nothing in guts and will to win.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Western drywood termites are native to North America and play a real role in nature by helping break down dead wood above ground with help from microorganisms in their guts.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

I felt a sharp jab in my guts at the mention of my father, like a poisonous bubble bursting, one that I’d been trying to protect in the soft wet of my insides.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline