underbelly
Example Sentences
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Guerrero described the shark as “big, around 6 feet long,” with a white underbelly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
He produces his own short-form videos, feeding an internet audience hungry for unfiltered views of L.A.’s underbelly.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
Scotland have added new dimensions and layers to their game in recent times, but what has never been eradicated is their soft underbelly.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
In “Gotham at War,” Mr. Wallace takes us on a fascinating excursion into both the now lost yet somehow familiar human superstructure, and the sometimes sordid underbelly, of the city we know today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
They agreed, Hermione a little faintly, and now Harry could see the dragon’s wide yellow underbelly rippling in the surface of the water.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
