armpit

Example Sentences

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“He lived in Bakersfield, which is the armpit of California,” Hankel says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The operation has also left Dawn in constant pain across her chest and under her armpit.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

The white tee doesn’t sit the same way, or inevitably accumulates a yellowish stain in the armpit crease.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024

And its location in the armpit of the 605 and 210 freeways made it easily accessible from anywhere in the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

“Ready,” Archie said, keeping his face expressionless, inscrutable as usual, even though he felt a bead of perspiration trace a cold path from his armpit to his rib.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier