How to Use abdomen in a Sentence

abdomen

noun
  • Place a hand on your abdomen to feel the rise and fall.
    Annette Sisco, NOLA.com, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Hayward was drive-stunned twice in the abdomen and once in the thigh.
    David Armstrong, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2020
  • He was shot in the hand, and also had a graze wound to his abdomen.
    Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 5 July 2018
  • Their wings are soft and parchment-like and don’t always reach the tip of the abdomen.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 6 July 2020
  • Signs of heat cramps: Muscle pain or spasms in the abdomen, arms, or legs.
    Leah Groth, Health.com, 23 June 2020
  • This bee’s head and wings were metal, and its abdomen glass.
    Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • According to the department, the man was hit in the abdomen and legs.
    Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The bullet tore through his abdomen and hit an artery leading to his left leg.
    Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 27 July 2018
  • Lillard will be out again tonight with a strained abdomen.
    oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Owens caught up to the man, who turned and shot Owens in the abdomen below his bulletproof vest.
    CBS News, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The star's belly is noticeably red as the Morpheus8 laser is used on her abdomen.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Support your head with a pillow and rest your hands on your abdomen below the navel.
    Carol Kinsey Goman, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • With a grasshopper, twist off the head—the guts should come with it—before swallowing the abdomen.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 26 June 2020
  • The bowel at the upper left corner of the abdomen is the most vulnerable part of the GI tract.
    Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • The muzzle of a rifle was found resting on her abdomen and the butt was between her feet.
    Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • That pain radiated out to his groin and up to his abdomen and chest.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • White Sox: Garcia (sore right shoulder) and Matt Skole (tight right abdomen) left the game in the fifth inning.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The child, Mario Brown, who had just turned 17, had yet to arrive from a CT scan of his abdomen and the .22-caliber bullet lodged in it.
    Kurtis Lee, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • To chase them off, females raise their abdomens to show off their pincers.
    Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The testers also tested the hold of their leggings by using a pen to draw a line across their abdomen where the top of the waistband sits.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Other fish swam through its abdomen and around its hind legs.
    Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Police found him on the driveway with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, Ciaccia said.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Her abdomen appeared to have been burned, the sheriff's office said.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Try it out: Put on some comfortable clothes, lie on your back, and place one hand on your abdomen.
    Emilia Benton, SELF, 4 Aug. 2022
  • It was discharged when blanks were used for the same gun in a subsequent scene, hitting Lee in the abdomen.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Once a week for eight weeks, participants get two shots in the abdomen.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • He got hit multiple times, in his legs, pelvis and abdomen.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • One officer fired at the man twice, hitting him in the shoulder and abdomen.
    Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • During a trip to the West Coast, in 1923, Harding complained of pain in his upper abdomen.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Jones was inactive after being listed as questionable with an abdomen injury that Payton said occurred in last week’s loss to Kansas City.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024

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