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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.