bowels

Fastened to the sides of the winding tunnels, the tubes gave new visual meaning to the phrase "bowels of the Earth."

Space Odyssey: Scientists go to the extremes of the earth to divine the secrets of extraterrestrial life. 2011

We English even, fastidious as we are, employ the term bowels as a natural symbolization for the affections of pity, mercy, or parental and brotherly affection.

Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

Mrs Wilson has had an inflammation in her bowels, is recovered, and gaining strength.

New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn 2007

Salvadorean gangster prisoners hide cellphones in bowels

- Boing Boing 2006

I fear will be no long liver; for I am told she has sometimes the gout in her bowels (I hate the word bowels).

The Journal to Stella 2003

Personally, I believe that the only possible way to prevent loose bowels is to take your nourishment intravenously, and that is far from safe!

Is there a doctor in the house? 2000

Personally, I believe that the only possible way to prevent loose bowels is to take your nourishment intravenously, and that is far from safe!

Is there a doctor in the house? 2000

As you may know, Rocky's MOH has been in bowels of the bureaucracy since February, 2000.

Versace, Humberto R. 1963

A few days before the term the bowels should be freely opened and kept open until the period for the discharge has arrived.

The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous

Facing this, the very centre of the bowels is knotted.

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921