armpit

Example Sentences

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When Gustave Flaubert saw Antonio Canova’s sculpture “Eros and Psyche” in 1845, he surreptitiously kissed Psyche’s marble armpit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Mr Dalton explained that he held the golf club under his armpit and used his body to swing.

From BBC • May 31, 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

Peach snorted his snotty self upright, took one look at Aunt Florentine’s casket, whooped like he’d been pinched to death, and dove into Aunt Goldie’s armpit again.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles