the bowels
plural noun
literary
: the deep inner parts of something
They dug deep into the bowels of the earth.
The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.
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He had been left alone in the bowels of Memorial Coliseum because as a pre-teen, Adelman practically lived in those halls, and those locker rooms.
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Jason Quick, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This is the trajectory the film itself takes, gradually following the effects of that one authority-defying act from the bowels of a provincial prison all the way to one of the highest offices in Moscow.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Johnson said the probiotics in kefir could also influence the gastrointestinal hormones that shape the process of moving waste through the bowels.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Staller adds that fermentation of fiber and sorbitol in the gut could lead to changes in the gut microbiome that directly impact how well the bowels move stool through the digestive tract.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 May 2025
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Jason Quick, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This is the trajectory the film itself takes, gradually following the effects of that one authority-defying act from the bowels of a provincial prison all the way to one of the highest offices in Moscow.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Johnson said the probiotics in kefir could also influence the gastrointestinal hormones that shape the process of moving waste through the bowels.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Staller adds that fermentation of fiber and sorbitol in the gut could lead to changes in the gut microbiome that directly impact how well the bowels move stool through the digestive tract.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the bowels
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“The bowels.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20bowels. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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