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small of the back

NOUN

lower back

Synonyms

WEAK

coccyx dorsal region lumbar region

Example Sentences

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And it’s not just guns — usually carried tucked in the small of the back, an action dude’s idea of accessorizing — that are fetishized, but tactical gear.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

Harper came up with two outs in the first and Hamels plunked him in the small of the back.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2012

"As I turned so it wouldn't hit my face or head, it hit me in the small of the back, which wasn't nice."

From BBC • May 3, 2011

Its brief and ridiculous course terminates abruptly and without reason in the small of the back, and this gives it its vulgar but popular name of "Bottom-starver."

From Time Magazine Archive

At the following execution, the electrodes were attached to the head and the calf, instead of the small of the back.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover