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Christopher Landon is a master at making audiences vacillate between gut-wrenching terror and gut-busting laughter.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Before Denzel’s commanding presence or Viola’s gut-wrenching monologues, there was Sam Lucas, the first Black actor to play Uncle Tom in a 1914 silent film.
—Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
This gut-wrenching loss came two nights after the Cougars fashioned a wild comeback of their own, from 14 down against Duke.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Just as gut-wrenching for Newcastle was the 98th-minute concession at Anfield in August 2022.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Before Denzel’s commanding presence or Viola’s gut-wrenching monologues, there was Sam Lucas, the first Black actor to play Uncle Tom in a 1914 silent film.
—Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
This gut-wrenching loss came two nights after the Cougars fashioned a wild comeback of their own, from 14 down against Duke.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Just as gut-wrenching for Newcastle was the 98th-minute concession at Anfield in August 2022.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gut-wrenching
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“Gut-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gut-wrenching. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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