solar plexus

Example Sentences

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And at Paris Fashion Week last year, it was unmissable: a giant, gleaming butterfly hanging above her solar plexus at the Louis Vuitton men’s show by Pharrell Williams.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

It was like a kick to the solar plexus of their team's chances of progressing, but they were here with their noise and their colour at Stade de Nice.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023

Once teams are hit in the solar plexus with a loss as sudden and devastating as Tuesday’s — and they’re rare — it’s really, really hard to bounce back.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

“You can’t breathe, you can’t feel. The ties are on your solar plexus, not on your waist.”

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

I still had a knot in my solar plexus.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram