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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

Damage is smallest if the shock is taken through the body's smallest dimension, from nose to nape and from the navel to the small of the back.

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