gutted

Example Sentences

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He has gutted the bathroom attached to the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House’s private quarters, altering its green Art Deco tile work to a sterile marble with gold fixtures.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The city never went through the aggressive urban renewal that gutted so many American historic areas, and retains a large collection of restored Victorian homes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

He paid Figg a "substantial" amount of money to double the size of his two-bed property in 2017, but it was instead gutted and left a shambles.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Whereas at first I gutted fish and peeled their skin fastidiously, soon I no more than rinsed off their slimy slipperiness before biting into them, delighted to have such a treat between my teeth.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel