How to Use the bowels in a Sentence

the bowels

plural noun
  • Some bounce a lacrosse ball against the concrete wall in the bowels of the arena.
    — Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The boom at the other end seemed to rumble from the bowels of the Kop.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The skin may blister and the eyes inflame, the stomach knot up and the bowels loosen.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Or would we be buried in some kind of algorithm, in the bowels of Netflix?
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This year, Aronson was rigged up to arrive on the stage from the bowels of the theater.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Apr. 2023
  • He was born in the camp; his father, who had belonged to isis, vanished in the bowels of the prison system.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The tiny gym in the bowels of the great church was, for a time, the most important reservoir of talent in the game.
    — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This medication prompts the bowels to move stool along quicker.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
  • In the eighth round, Plant and his entourage stroll out of the bowels of the arena to take in a little of the action.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2023
  • He was later shown in a wheelchair in the bowels of the Spectrum Center.
    — Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the bowels of the arena on Tuesday, two workers were painting a hallway.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
  • These are related to the same concept regarding the movement of the bowels and the stomach.
    — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Everything within was stuck together or to the bowels.
    — Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • The caffeine in coffee stimulates the bowels.
    — Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health, 11 May 2026
  • Ancient texts also mention two types of hellebore—white hellebore for head issues, and black hellebore for the bowels.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
  • Given the immensity of many venues — and because the toilets are often buried deep in the bowels — this is a running joke.
    — Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The vessels supplying blood to the intestines become narrowed through plaque buildup, and the bowels do not get the amount of oxygen needed.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2024
  • If the bowels contain seeds, corn, or other pieces of undigested food, the provider might recommend redoing the colonoscopy.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The roller coaster-like train that takes them into the bowels of the Earth looks like a Disneyland ride waiting to happen.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Backstage, in the bowels of Pritzker Pavilion, musicians heard about fans jumping fences to get in.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Part standup, part wail from the bowels of Skokie, My Childhood in Pieces is an instant classic.
    — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
  • The term came out of the bowels of 4chan in the mid-aughts and typically means maniacally laughing at a victim.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Pelé didn’t score but had the crowd standing in appreciation and awe, and the press mob trooped down into the bowels of the stadium not having any idea what to do.
    — Nick Bertram For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Firefighters first tried to fight the rapidly growing blaze from within the bowels of the structure but were ultimately pushed out by the extreme heat.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Once you’ve been fitted for your gear and grab lunch at their office, hop in an SUV and have the guides take you deep into the bowels of the vast park.
    — Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • People can also receive a CT colonography, also called a virtual colonoscopy, to view the bowels through a scan.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But when the third baseman impacts a Yankees win, his smooth flow echoes within the bowels of Yankee Stadium.
    — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 30 June 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
  • Ruben Ortiz Descending a staircase into the bowels of the building led me to a full-on wellness wonderland.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 18 June 2024
  • The Yelp executive limps off on his own, lurching into the bowels of Oracle Park in search of water.
    — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023

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