solar plexus
Example Sentences
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Its tension seeps into your limbs, settles tautly in your solar plexus and does not leave.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022
Once teams are hit in the solar plexus with a loss as sudden and devastating as Tuesday’s — and they’re rare — it’s really, really hard to bounce back.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
As the father of two teenagers, that hit me right in the solar plexus.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022
"Butler does a reasonably good impersonation of Elvis's sultry velvet drawl. Yet his resemblance to Elvis never quite hits you in the solar plexus."
From BBC • May 26, 2022
Immediately, I know it's Tiny, and I feel this weird relief radiate out from my solar plexus.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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