gut-wrenching

[guht-ren-ching]

adjective

1. involving great distress or anguish; agonizing.

   a gut-wrenching decision.

gut-wrenching

adjective

1. informal,  causing great distress or suffering

   gut-wrenching scenes

Example Sentences

Denmark equalised quickly and there wes a gut-wrenching wait until Kieran Tierney struck another absolute beauty.

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Again they were home for their semi-final – an emphatic 4-1 win over Finland – and the final against Poland, but they lost that game on penalties to miss out on qualification for Euro 2024 in gut-wrenching fashion.

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Commanders guard Sam Cosmi called the scene “gut-wrenching.”

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"It was a horrible feeling. Gut-wrenching," he says.

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This sight alone is gut-wrenching, like something not meant for human eyes, compounded by the fact that we’re watching a child trying to help his mother in a moment where every second counts.

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