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

In June, the woman first felt what she described as like a "pull" under her armpit.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 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

Then he opened another drawer and fumbled through its contents with one hand while the other scratched at his armpit through his threadbare knitted shirt.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole