underbelly
Example Sentences
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And while Congress, Europe and law may hold no terrors for our president, we all know ridicule hits him in his soft, white underbelly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
When a softer touch was needed, such as on her sensitive underbelly, she would use the smooth handle end.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
In fact, more is known about the surface of some planets in our Solar System than much of Antarctica's "underbelly" – the topography beneath the ice sheet.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
But those earnings have an ugly underbelly: ever-bigger losses at the generative AI startups that spend big on chips and data centers supplied by the profitable public companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Inside the ferry’s underbelly, the cars rev their engines and roll forward.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.