solar plexus
Example Sentences
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"That would have been a big punch in the solar plexus for Brennan," says Blake.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
“It’s like a gut punch into the solar plexus — takes the wind out of you,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
Its tension seeps into your limbs, settles tautly in your solar plexus and does not leave.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022
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
Coming through the heating vent, Fard Muhammad’s deep voice had made her solar plexus vibrate.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
