Thesaurus results for SOLAR PLEXUS

solar plexus

noun

ˈsō-lər-

Definition of solar plexus

as in stomach

the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him

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Recent Examples of solar plexus Four male ﬁgures stood before me, their long necks headless, two-thirds of their abdomens replaced by their heads lodged between their solar plexuses and belly buttons. — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025 Winter tuned up his body through Duncan-style exercises—energy radiating from his solar plexus out to his limbs—at the dance barre. — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 Lemon beat a defender up the left seam to give himself the slightest of openings deep left in the end zone, which allowed Maiava to throw the ball directly into his solar plexus. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025 Prices that jumped to a degree acted like a punch to the financial solar plexus of a large portion of renters. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for solar plexus

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Noun

People were clutching their stomachs, hurling vomit into buckets.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Lilly had gone to the emergency room with stomach pain just three days after graduating from university in 2024.

— Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomach

Noun

Weston King, 49, died of a gunshot wound of the abdomen, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
One is a half-hour test called EndoSure, which detects endometriosis by measuring electrical signals in the gut using sensor pads on the abdomen, with results available to the physician afterward.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of abdomen

Noun

Just below their bellies, their hockey pants were both open at the top.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
The Democrats wrote in a summary of the allegations that immigrants sleep while restrained with handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains, and even elderly people have been chained for 16 hours a day.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

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