visceral
Example Sentences
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“They’ll call it lactose intolerance but they have underlying visceral hypersensitivity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Scholars have claimed that there is something very different about the visceral experience of witnessing the state putting someone to death and the experience of watching that happen on television or a video feed.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
When visceral fat becomes excessive, it can release inflammatory substances into the bloodstream that affect metabolism throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Even just watching from the stands is a visceral experience, with vibrations shaking your body and the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It took a long time for me to disengage myself from this excitement, and on the blindest, most visceral level, I never really have, and never will.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing visceral
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