How to Use bowel in a Sentence

bowel

noun

• The engine room is down in the bowels of the ship.
• They dug deep into the bowels of the earth.
• The dead shall be buried in the earth’s deepest bowels!
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
• The first sign may be bladder or bowel trouble, or weakness in the legs.
  — Denise Grady, New York Times, 24 June 2019
• In each of the crawler’s bowels are two main engines of the size found in locomotives or ships.
  — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 29 June 2019
• Softer stools and more consistent bowel movements, Dr. Lee says.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 30 May 2019
• The bullet traveled through Maalik’s large and small intestine, struck his bowel and exited through his back.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al.com, 9 July 2019
• This can include over-the-counter topical treatments, adding fiber to your diet to make bowel movements easier, ice packs—and, yep, sitz baths.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 14 Mar. 2019
• And both have more fiber, essential for bowel regularity.
  — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 7 June 2019
• This disease may affect the jaw, central nervous system, bowel, kidneys, ovaries, or other organs.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 10 June 2019
• The Platform closed on a note of hope, with the literal and symbolic rise of a child from the malnourished bowels of the Pit.
  — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
• Probiotics may increase bloating, gas, or a change in bowel movements depending on the strain and your personal response to it.
  — Beth Janes, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2019
• The patient is asleep during the procedure and takes a laxative prior to entering the hospital to make sure their bowels are empty.
  — Daryl Austin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Getting 12 grams of inulin and FOS a day has been shown to help promote regular bowel movements.
  — Christy Brissette, Washington Post, 12 June 2019
• While his mother suffered from a torn bowel and collapsed lung, Julian spent four months at a pair of hospitals with burns over 85 percent of his body, the college said.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
• Signs and symptoms may include diarrhea or more bowel movements than usual; stools that are black, tarry, sticky, or have blood or mucus; and severe stomach-area (abdomen) pain or tenderness.
  — Astrazeneca, USA TODAY, 3 June 2019
• After some incredibly harrowing moments with swarms of wights down in the bowels of Winterfell, our girl is the one who finally puts an end to the Night King.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2019
• Lane called 911, but had a urine and bowel leak issue and left the restaurant.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
• The tissue can also spread to other parts of the body such as the bladder, bowels and even the lungs.
  — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
• The key to less foul-smelling poop is to have a quality bowel movement, Dr. Lee says.
  — Jessica Toscano, SELF, 8 July 2022
• The first bowel movement should look dark green and tarry.
  — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• One one side of the bowel were pieces of rockfish, fresh greens and cherry tomatoes.
  — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 12 May 2021
• And filling the patient’s belly with air might have opened up the hole, freeing the bowel.
  — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2020
• These muscles are known as the pelvic floor, a group of muscles that support the bladder, bowel, and uterus.
  — Sarah Klein, Health, 1 June 2024
• For all of the following tests, the colon must be clean and free of stool matter, which requires at-home bowel prep.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• Doctors found tears to his bowels likely caused by blows to the stomach.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• During this procedure, the patient does the full bowel prep to clean out their colon.
  — Theresa Sullivan Barger, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
• Their heads are twizzling, their eyes bulging, their teeth ground to the gums, their bowels distended.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
• And never shall the two be parted, even by bowel movements.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2021
• Left for long enough, the buildup can cause the colon to perforate, allowing the contents of the bowel to spill into the abdomen.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 20 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024