gutted

Example Sentences

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My mother’s relief was instant, but only years later would I learn that the antibiotics that saved my life had also gutted something else: a microbial ecosystem I’d been building since birth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

When the couple bought the New York home, it had undergone an extensive renovation—including the addition of a new roof—which had left much of the property gutted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The No. 9 seed Trojans gutted out a 71-67 overtime win over No. 8 seed Clemson in what USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb described as “a culture win.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

It left him feeling "absolutely gutted," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

He went west with the quick magewind in his sail, and came in sight of the rocks of Pendor, the still streets of the town, and the gutted, falling towers.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin