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

And navel oranges went from $1.29 a pound to $.99.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

Lose, though, and it's navel gazing time again.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 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

His short-sleeved dress shirt was shiny and unbuttoned down to the navel, revealing a host of gold chains and, uh, bling.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben