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How to use navel in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Navel means the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. Example: “I think belly button rings only look good on women's navels, not men's.”

Examples of navel by meaning

nounA navel orange.

  • This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there.1981, Peter K. Thor, Edward V. Jesse, Economic Effects of Terminating Federal Marketing Orders for California-Arizona Oranges

More sentences with navel

  • I think belly button rings only look good on women's navels, not men's.From the entry belly button ring
  • Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.From the entry snakebite
  • Many Xers sport piercings in their noses or navels.From the entry xer
  • Exhale and engage the navel, turn the spine to the right.2017, Sian O'Neill, Yoga Teaching Handbook, page 51. From the entry unspin
  • This U-turn from the Mighty Mouse of the zodiac launches a five-month period of examining your navel.2012, Pam Ciampi, “2013 Weekly Forecasts”, in Llewellyn's 2013 Daily Planetary Guide, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 47. From the entry Mighty Mouse
  • An Omphalopsychic is one who unravels the mysteries of the universe by contemplating his navel.1960 October 21, Stu Adam, “Adam’s Rib”, in The Carleton, volume 16, number 5, page 5. From the entry omphalopsychic
  • One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82. From the entry love potion
  • The bellydancer oozed towards our table, her cuplike navel apout.1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 33, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 226. From the entry apout
  • It was a teenage girl with Cleopatraesque black hair; tight jeans and a tie dyed T-shirt cut off to show her stud-pierced navel.2014, John Shirley, Her Hunger. From the entry teenage
  • He wore a necklace of sharks' teeth, shirts that buttoned at the navel and pants that were tighter than skin on fruit.2004, Dale Andrew White, Moe Howard Died for Our Sins: Made-To-Fit Tales for the Maladjusted, page 56. From the entry Pepe Le Pew
  • According to the Bhāșyakāra he is supposed to resip the water with 'satyena tvā' etc. and touch his navel part with 'amo asi' etc.1984, Jagannātha Dīkṣita Cipol̲aṇakara, H. G. Ranade, Brahmatva-mañjarī, page 13. From the entry resip
  • Omphalos is Greek for navel, whence also omphaloskeptic, one who dreams up bright ideas while gazing at (skepsis, a looking at) his navel.1980, John B. Bremner, Words on Words: A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, pages…. From the entry omphaloskeptic
  • If you sit and contemplate your navel long enough, the answers to all of the problems in the world will pass before your eyes.1978, Don Darling, “The inadvertent adversary to nuclear security—ourselves”, in Joel Kramer, editor, The Role of Behavioral Science in…. From the entry contemplate one's navel
  • I igonored it, hurdling her navel, riding her torso and taking both her breasts in my hands and mashing them none too fancy.1970, Troy Conway, The Cunning Linguist, London: Flamingo Books, page 131. From the entry fancy
  • There is a tender relationship with the “navel,” the motherʼs sisterʼs husband, who is the fatherʼs double, rather than with the father himself.1963, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 44. From the entry uterine nephew
  • Mummy nut removal by shaking or hand-poling prior to bloom has become a common practice by growers in California, where the navel orangeworm is the most significant insect pest.2017, Frank G. Zalom, Evan Núñez, Roger A. Baldwin, “16: Almond Pests”, in Rafel Socias i Company and Thomas Gradziel, editors, Almonds…. From the entry mummy nut
  • But mainly he wanted to dwell on his resentments, contemplate his navel and work himself into a mean, sullen mood, because that’s the way he plays best.1969 September, Marshall Smith, “This old pro is just too mean to quit”, in Life, page 77. From the entry contemplate one's navel

Meaning of navel

  1. noun The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
  2. noun The central part or point of anything; the middle.
  3. noun A navel orange.

Full definition of navel

Questions about navel in a sentence

How do you use navel in a sentence?
Navel is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I think belly button rings only look good on women's navels, not men's.”
What is a short sentence with navel?
“Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.”
What does navel mean?
Navel means the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

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