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gut-wrenching
adjective as in heart-wrenching
adjective as in heartbreaking
Example Sentences
Saying it feels “inevitable” that Buckley will one day win, Robert Daniels calls her work in “Hamnet” “a gut-wrenching performance … Jessie Buckley’s fearless turn echoes with the force of a primal scream.”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value” “With a gut-wrenching performance as Agnes Shakespeare, Jessie Buckley’s fearless turn echoes with the force of a primal scream. It feels inevitable that the previous nominee will win an Oscar at some point. It’s just a matter of time.”
Within hours, a perfect morning turned into one of the most hectic and gut-wrenching days on Mt.
Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s celebrated 2020 novel, Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” is a tender, fictionalized account of how Shakespeare and Agnes fall in love, raise a beautiful family and then grapple with a gut-wrenching loss.
"Snake Eater's gut-wrenching ending is what stood out most, leaving an impact on us that no other game had ever left before."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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