gutting
Example Sentences
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Friday's not guilty verdicts have been "gutting", said Sara.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
After spending decades and roughly $14 million buying, gutting, and selling properties, the Tulsa couple is now enjoying their ninth home—one they built from the ground up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
Augustus asked while we leaned over the vitrines reading Otto’s letters and the gutting replies that no, no one had seen his children after the liberation.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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