blood and guts
Example Sentences
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It communicates on an instinctive, blood-and-guts level, not through “West Wing”-like dialogues on policy.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
This new book puts the blood-and-guts where they belong: in medical history.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2017
When it was done right: If you were a hockey fan in 1992, you either loved the San Jose Sharks’ teal or you thought it was a slap in the face to hockey’s blood-and-guts history.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2016
Those who lament that exciting singing is dead, take heart, because the young singers onstage at the Lisner Auditorium proved that thesis wrong with some thrillingly sung, blood-and-guts performances.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2016
A woman—presumably Chip’s mom—said unhappily, “You always have to watch the blood-and-guts shows.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
