underbelly
Example Sentences
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But researchers now have what they believe to be the most complete, detailed map of that underbelly ever made.
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
In “Gotham at War,” Mr. Wallace takes us on a fascinating excursion into both the now lost yet somehow familiar human superstructure, and the sometimes sordid underbelly, of the city we know today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Martin wrote it, they said, to explore the underbelly of the “troubled teen” industry, particularly the camps that became popular in the 1990s, but in a way that is almost as semi-autobiographical as “Feel Good.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
Under the savage stare of the pencil woman, the girl’s face went pasty pale, like the underbelly of a dead fish.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
