How to Use navel in a Sentence

navel

noun
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  • Move the right hand across the body, below the navel and above the pubic bone.
    — Katie Chang, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2017
  • Move the right hand across the body, below the navel and above the pubic bone.
    — Katie Chang, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2017
  • Cooke wears a blazer and a tie; Buss frayed jeans and a shirt open to the navel.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2022
  • On date night, try the navel, chest, shoulder blades, and ears.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The first one on the new menu is a toro steak, which comes from the beef belly, or navel.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
  • In the case of the navel, most people would rather have an innie.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • The ragged scar running throat to navel, from his open-heart surgery.
    — oregonlive.com, 16 June 2019
  • From your hands and knees, pull your navel in toward your spine.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2019
  • Pull the navel in towards your spine and relax the shoulders down away from the ears.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 22 July 2019
  • The ’70s brought John Travolta and disco shirts open to the navel.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Police found the woman, 47, on her back, on the floor, with her dress pulled up to her navel.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 14 July 2017
  • The sea swine, for instance, had four dragon’s feet and an eye in its navel.
    — Tom Fort, WSJ, 28 July 2017
  • Think of a string lifting the top of your head to the sky as your navel presses in and up towards your spine.
    — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Draw your navel up to your spine to lengthen the lower back—or, if that’s too hard, don’t do it.
    — Josh Freedman, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2022
  • To engage your core, think about drawing your navel to your spine.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 8 May 2021
  • Then, on an exhale, pull navel to spine and tuck chin and pelvis toward navel to round back.
    — Alexa Tucker, Women's Health, 26 May 2023
  • Pull your navel in towards your spine, and breathe here for 10 seconds.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Be sure to check under the arms, between the legs, around the waist, inside the navel, and don't forget the hairline and scalp.
    — Danielle Moser, baltimoresun.com, 23 May 2017
  • To the right of her navel, there were two pairs of ugly red puncture holes: incisors.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Silk shirts at Etro were unbuttoned to the navel, while the guys at Burberry had no shirts at all.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 2 July 2021
  • What is the difference between the human navel and a 1998 VW Bug?
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • But in 2022, the navel-gazing reached new levels of meta pastiche.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2022
  • His jacket is zipped down almost to his navel; his chest is hairy.
    — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The neckline of her sleeveless Romona Keveza gown plunged nearly to her navel.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The jaguar’s magic was believed to travel via the navel from the god to the shaman or king to the general welfare.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • There’s still the taint of guitar strings and navel gazing in the air all around Northeast L.A., but that’s not the natural scent of the place.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Have a glass of wine, stare at your navel and don’t bother emerging until 9 p.m.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Pastrami is made from the navel, a flatter much smaller cut than the brisket.
    — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2020
  • But be warned of the pain that comes with a navel piercing before making any rash decisions!
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Zendaya alone saved the movie from spiraling into its creator’s navel.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024

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