How to Use navel in a Sentence

navel

noun
  • Your navel, in other words, is a field site.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • From your hands and knees, pull your navel in toward your spine.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2019
  • On date night, try the navel, chest, shoulder blades, and ears.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • On date night, try the navel, chest, shoulder blades, and ears.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The ragged scar running throat to navel, from his open-heart surgery.
    — oregonlive.com, 16 June 2019
  • In the case of the navel, most people would rather have an innie.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • His jacket is zipped down almost to his navel; his chest is hairy.
    — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • To engage your core, think about drawing your navel to your spine.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 8 May 2021
  • Hundreds of eyes go wide, taking in the warm sweep of my navel, my hips.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Move the right hand across the body, below the navel and above the pubic bone.
    — Katie Chang, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2017
  • The sea swine, for instance, had four dragon’s feet and an eye in its navel.
    — Tom Fort, WSJ, 28 July 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
  • 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
  • The tip of the blade drags lightly across my back, around my hip and rests just above the dip of my navel.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Keep your back flat, with your core engaged (think about pulling your navel toward your spine).
    — Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This is not a condemnation; there are bad brains and there are good navels.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Pull the navel in towards your spine and relax the shoulders down away from the ears.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 22 July 2019
  • Pull your navel in towards your spine, and breathe here for 10 seconds.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • Even the most basic suits tended to be unbuttoned to the navel.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Seven of the buckshot pellets dug a series of craters above his navel.
    — Les Payne, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Made from 96 percent soft and stretchy cotton, this ribbed tank falls right above navel length.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Made from 96 percent soft and stretchy cotton, this ribbed tank falls right above navel length.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • This can lead to physical changes to the navel and belly button.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
  • Pastrami is made from the navel, a flatter much smaller cut than the brisket.
    — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The magnetic grasper fits through a single entry point, such as the navel.
    — Brittany Shoot, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • Her penchant for navel-revealing tops?
    — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025

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