Phil's gut wrenched

[Bassim]

I am wondering if my sentence is grammatically correct.

Phil's gut wrenched at the sight of his former colleague Ben, queuing at the food bank.

 

[emsr2d2]

Interesting. Despite having used/heard/read "a gut-wrenching scream/shout" (other nouns are possible!) many times in my life, I don't think I've ever encountered "[name]'s gut wrenched".

 

[Bassim]

emsr2d2,

I am currently reading the novel "A Horse Walks into a Bar" by the Israeli writer David Grossman. It is translated from the Hebrew. After reading the following passage, I tried to write my own sentence. "Not far from me a woman slips her foot out of a narrow shoe and rubs it against the calf of her other leg, and my gut wrenches for the third or fourth time tonight – Tamara’s strong, solid legs – and I hear my own moan, the kind I’ve long ago forgotten."

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm not disputing that it's usable. I was just commenting on the fact that I'd never seen it before.