How to Use innards in a Sentence

innards

plural noun
  • In the kitchen, a bag of trash was tipped over, its innards strewn across the floor.
    — Lyz Lenz, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Simply pick them up, slice longways and scoop out the soft, sweet innards.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Simply pick them up, slice lengthwise and scoop out the soft, sweet innards.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Gulls gather outside the fish plant, eager to peck at the bloody innards tossed their way.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Herbicides flow into streams to beaver lodges—that’s why their innards are so messed up.
    — Tim Folger, National Geographic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • When podcasts took off, dissections of the innards of pop hits were in demand.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The styrofoam-like innards slid out of my maraca and onto the floor, and the dog ate some.
    — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
  • That way, their innards would be back in their bodies before the Erlaveersiniooq had the chance to cook them.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 30 June 2022
  • Along Main Street, the innards of a climate ghost town sit suspended in time.
    — Andrea Stanley, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Along Main Street, the innards of a climate ghost town sit suspended in time.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The Met wasn’t exactly a mess then, but the chicken innards augured dark times.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The metal skin of the aircraft’s tail has been removed, exposing the innards.
    — Jennifer Alsever, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The goal is to remove the oil gland and cloaca while also creating a hole to extract the innards.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The console’s innards are finicky and delicate, and one misstep can destroy them.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 27 Apr. 2021
  • When such a star dies, its great bulk causes its innards to implode as a core-collapse supernova.
    — Charlie Wood, Scientific American, 30 June 2020
  • Not to mention that any moving parts that give you access to the innards of a smartphone would also let water and dust in.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 July 2021
  • Some popular versions are colored deep orange by the innards of shrimp and crabs, or spiked with red chile powder.
    — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Seeing the innards of the Ear (1) is definitely a cool trick.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Her book is most memorable for its visceral descriptions of the boat, the nets, the men, the gulls, the fish, and their innards.
    — The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Doctors have long used sound waves with frequencies beyond the range of human hearing to create images of our innards.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 22 Mar. 2021
  • There are glimpses of the original torch, a virtual tour of the innards of the statue, bits of Americana.
    — Gerald Eskenazi, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • When fish are removed from their typical environments, these sacs swell up, leading to the innards pushing out through the mouth.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Bag your fish heads and innards; secure your food to avoid unwelcome visits from wild animals; and don’t use the faucet for bathing or washing dishes.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
  • Sheriff’s deputies came to the scene and discovered the innards and hoofs of what appeared to be a large sheep or a small cow, according to a police report.
    — Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Like making sure anyone on our side who steps an inch out of line receives a hint-hint video of anime Paul Gosar slicing out their innards.
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • But besides showing us the power — for better or worse — that lawyers can have in the system, Adams reveals the system’s innards.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Simply add a small piece to the top of your kitchen scale, panini press, waffle maker, or any other kitchen gadget to avoid scrubbing that innards of that item later.
    — Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2021
  • With the Duke’s innards filled to the brim, Jim draws it all out into a bucket with a hand-pump, suggests the crowd drink some, and may have just eyed me up.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 25 July 2022
  • To get a close-up look at the mine’s innards and learn more about the history and science behind this bizarre bit of Arizona lore, sign up for a tour led by park rangers.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The deceased’s innards were encased in clay, while their body was interred in a wooden coffin in the tomb’s upper tiers or simply swaddled in linen and placed in sand pits.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2020

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