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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Another outing had us deep in the bowels of the popular Melrose Trading Post. —

Theo Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 Their planet has stopped flowing with an abundant supply of Energon, so now a class of worker bots must toil in the bowels of Cybertron to extract their lifeblood from its rocky veins. —

Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024 Meme enthusiasts, our modern-day hipsters, must dig through the bowels of the internet for their references to position themselves as savvy. —

Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024 What to expect: The haunt, which lasts about an hour or so, takes you through the bowels of the historic Mint building in SoMa. —

Claire Reilly, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the bowels