underbelly

Example Sentences

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The cloak of invincibility that Liverpool carried last season has been replaced by a soft - very soft - underbelly.

From BBC

But if you don't look at what I call your vulnerable underbelly, it's never going to change.

From Salon

“A stark hustler novel,” notes Carolina A. Miranda, “— one that inspired a tune by the Doors — chronicles the underbelly of Hollywood, where the only stars are embedded into the ground.”

From Los Angeles Times

What we have here is McDonell’s soft underbelly — therapist visits, journaling with colored pens, worrying about Alzheimer’s disease — and I am loath to poke it too much.

From New York Times

Code wrote a book about college basketball’s underbelly called “Black Market” before serving five months and nine days in prison.

From Los Angeles Times