solar plexus
Example Sentences
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For all of the good things in their performance it ended with a kick to the solar plexus.
From BBC • May 25, 2024
Gel, “Attainable” An absolutely vicious punch in the solar plexus from one of the most exciting new bands in hardcore.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 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
And then he lay there in his fever of sorry and repeated the now memorized note in his head and wanted to cry, but instead he only felt this aching behind his solar plexus.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
