navel
Example Sentences
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If you get a stud in your navel or a little tattoo on your ankle, you aren’t likely to look back later and kick yourself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
A thick line marks a healed cut from just under the man’s neck all the way down to his navel.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024
Case in point: A month after the double date, Lexi was stabbing needles into the fat around her navel, ripening her eggs for extraction.
From Slate • May 7, 2024
It turns out though that the answer is far easier than the half-baked solutions that seem to make it into the navel gazing podcasts online or the “think pieces” we see in some papers.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024
When I dropped my legs back down, I saw the misshapen black circle decorating the sleeping bag below my navel, its melted edge already cooled and curled.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Vocabulary lists containing navel
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