- present participle of gut.
gutting
Example Sentences
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It brings the season to a close for Richie Murphy's side as they failed to make the United Rugby Championship play-offs in a gutting eight days for the Irish province.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
“When you actually look at the totality of what’s being put forward, we are seeing a total gutting of a resource base,” she told NOTUS.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
“I know intimately how gutting it is to be a borrower, just sitting on the phone with a loan servicer as you try to navigate your options,” she said.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
There was a “violent gutting of the core of our economy,” says J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
I remembered gutting fish with Sookie the day we talked about why Mom liked dissecting things.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
