armpit
Example Sentences
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“He lived in Bakersfield, which is the armpit of California,” Hankel says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
“It really changed the notion that we were the armpit of the region.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
The white tee doesn’t sit the same way, or inevitably accumulates a yellowish stain in the armpit crease.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024
Scientists have applied e-tattoos to the chest to measure heart activities, on muscles to measure how fatigued they are, and even under the armpit to measure components of sweat.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
The ogre scratched his armpit, and he chuckled once more.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
