Example Sentences

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This week’s weather added to the hardships in Knott County, where Kirsten Gomez’s husband and cousin were gutting their doublewide trailer of drywall, flooring and cabinets ruined by floodwaters from nearby Troublesome Creek.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022

“So many of the people that were gutting the moldy buildings, and tearing walls down and doing the dirty work that has to be done in mold-infested houses were Latino workers,” said Longoria.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2019

For the students and first responders, the grief, pain, and anger were gutting.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 2, 2018

On Saturday, volunteers with the St. Bernard Project were gutting her house and piling debris out on the front lawn.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016