- plural of bowel.
bowels
Example Sentences
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You will likely encounter it only as a rumor from the deepest bowels of the world’s top intelligence establishments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Eventually John meets his fate by falling through a portal into an abandoned mall, then following signs directing him to a manager’s office hidden in its bowels.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“For a program that’s been around since 2013, it was shocking that you’d come across its cancellation, effectively, in the corner of the bowels of a subpage of the internet.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
For more than a year, an uncontrolled fire had burned in the bowels of the dump, broiling old garbage and sending nauseating fumes into nearby homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Many people had lost control of their bowels altogether as a result of eating in the Puyallup transit camp, including Fujiko.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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