solar plexus
Example Sentences
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“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
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
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
Dallas’s sneaker is resting on the soft spot right below my solar plexus.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
