underbelly

Example Sentences

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When a softer touch was needed, such as on her sensitive underbelly, she would use the smooth handle end.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

In fact, more is known about the surface of some planets in our Solar System than much of Antarctica's "underbelly" – the topography beneath the ice sheet.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Guerrero described the shark as “big, around 6 feet long,” with a white underbelly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

But those earnings have an ugly underbelly: ever-bigger losses at the generative AI startups that spend big on chips and data centers supplied by the profitable public companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

But no, it’s a storm petrel with its wide black wings, soft gray underbelly.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon