small of the back
Example Sentences
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And it’s not just guns — usually carried tucked in the small of the back, an action dude’s idea of accessorizing — that are fetishized, but tactical gear.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2020
Harper came up with two outs in the first and Hamels plunked him in the small of the back.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2012
"As I turned so it wouldn't hit my face or head, it hit me in the small of the back, which wasn't nice."
From BBC ● May 3, 2011
In the frequent accident where a person falls or is thrown in such a way that his spine telescopes, the injury usually occurs in the small of the back.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unbound, it hung past the small of the back.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
