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List of synonyms from "middleperson" to synonyms from "mild-mannered"


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Definition of the day : « midriff »

  • As in middle : noun center
  • As in abdomen : noun the stomach and area directly below in an animate being
  • As in waist : noun part of the torso between the ribs and hips
  • As in waist : noun middle of body
Example sentences :
  • Hilary straightened sharply, poked his finger at the midriff of the giant.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • "If he does either," growled the Sparhawk, "my sword will kiss his midriff!"
  • Extract from : « Joan of the Sword Hand » by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • A few lines later Diomede's spear reaches the midriff of Hypsenor.
  • Extract from : « Homer and His Age » by Andrew Lang
  • In anatomy, the term is applied to the midriff, a muscle separating the chest or thorax from the abdomen or lower belly.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Shouting a curse, the Captain thrust for my father's midriff.
  • Extract from : « The Bright Face of Danger » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • The midriff; a muscle separating the chest from the abdomen.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) » by Calvin Cutter
  • There are that say it is in the neck of the heart, others in the pericardium, others in the midriff.
  • Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch
  • This life-power IS something; does it live in his heart or his lungs or his midriff?
  • Extract from : « Darwin and Modern Science » by A.C. Seward and Others
  • In five minutes he had me half-stripped and was pounding my midriff in.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) » by Various
  • The other is by the contraction and distention of the midriff or diaphragm.
  • Extract from : « The Young Priest's Keepsake » by Michael Phelan