How to Use navel in a Sentence

navel

noun

• 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
• Pull your navel into your spine to avoid arching your back.
  — Marie Bladt, Vogue, 9 July 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
• Made from 96 percent soft and stretchy cotton, this ribbed tank falls right above navel length.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
• 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
• Your belly button, or navel, sits in the center of your abdomen (belly).
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024