gutted
Example Sentences
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When they got back the surrounding neighborhoods were in ruins: Trees were charred, cars were stripped down to metal frames and homes were gutted or left in ash.
From Los Angeles Times
She told BBC Radio Tees she was "gutted" to find out he had died, as she had been hoping he would be well enough to tour again.
From BBC
Director of cricket Rob Key says he is "gutted, disappointed and sorry" regarding England's dismal Ashes performance - the series having been lost with two Tests still to play.
From BBC
“That house that got bought for $400-something thousand probably got gutted and rehabbed. My house was not gutted and rehabbed. It makes no sense,” she said.
She added: "I just feel for his family because they're victims as well, and I just feel gutted for them because they've got to go without their son now for however many years."
From BBC
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