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

“It really changed the notion that we were the armpit of the region.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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

Just by Robbie’s armpit, a little man in a three-pointed hat and a colonial jacket stared suspiciously off to the side, one hand gripping his sheathed sword.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older