midriff
Example Sentences
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Since the pregnancy announcement, Bieber has publicly embraced her bump, baring her midriff in Instagram posts and at Rhode events.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
“Maybe he doesn't carry as much protection around the midriff than someone like Tyson Fury, but he takes a body shot like everyone else.”
From BBC • May 15, 2024
Each picture is composed just so, to accentuate her best features: the long, swanlike neck; the well-toned midriff; the high, strong shoulders; the ramrod posture; and—this feels new—the gaunt cheeks and picture-perfect jawline.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024
This time around, his runway included men, one walking in a short, strapless gold corset jumpsuit and another in a black tutu skirt with a midriff tuxedo jacket.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Again, again—and it was not the ear that heard the pulsing rhythm, it was the midriff; the wail and clang of those recurring harmonies haunted, not the mind, but the yearning bowels of compassion.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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