navel

Example Sentences

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If you get a stud in your navel or a little tattoo on your ankle, you aren’t likely to look back later and kick yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Lose, though, and it's navel gazing time again.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2024

The metabolism of navel orangeworms — like many agricultural pests — is tied to temperature.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

Case in point: A month after the double date, Lexi was stabbing needles into the fat around her navel, ripening her eggs for extraction.

From Slate • May 7, 2024

The rumples in Papa- Nnukwu’s belly did not seem so many now, and his navel rose higher, still enclosed between folds of skin.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie