How to Use midriff in a Sentence

midriff

noun
  • She wore a skimpy outfit that showed her bare midriff.
  • What to wear: Shirts with midriff covered, shorts or pants and closed-toed shoes.
    Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • What to wear: Shirts with midriff covered, shorts or pants, and closed-toed shoes.
    Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • The plunging neckline dress with a midriff cutout was styled by Jeremy Haynes.
    Essence, 26 July 2024
  • Underneath, her white collared shirt was similarly slashed at the midriff, exposing her gleaming belly button stud.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 31 July 2024
  • The bright blonde tips of her long waves rippled all the way to her midriff.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The top had a tie in front that dangled down her midriff.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Look how my dad is speared through the midriff by the speedy stripe of the car behind him.
    Geoff Dyer, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
  • The mammoth, naked from the midriff up, looked as though he were headed to the pool.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This isn't the first time she's bared her midriff, either.
    Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 4 Apr. 2018
  • For a high-low effect, the top shows a sliver of midriff.
    Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Schwarzenegger’s was long sleeve with cutouts on the side and was cropped to show off her midriff.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2019
  • The girl was last seen wearing a black midriff shirt with tan capri pants.
    Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 May 2018
  • The top part was shaped like a blazer with structured shoulders and closed at the midriff.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2023
  • The boyfriend skittered down the porch steps and pushed a gun into Rufus’s midriff.
    Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • But there’s more to Miu Miu than the midriff, as our street style archive reveals.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The top and bottom of the reels are bare, like torsos with shoulders and midriffs exposed.
    Todd Pitock, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Good arrived at the premiere in a gown that exposed her midriff.
    Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
  • The look comprised a black hooded, floor-length Saint Laurent gown with a risqué cut-out across the midriff.
    Alex Kessler, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Normani bared it all with this skimpy two-piece set that exposed her midriff and left thigh.
    Bianca Gracie, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2019
  • No. 21 jersey and showed off his midriff much like Elliott does.
    Drew Davison, star-telegram, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Notably on display are the 47-year-old actress’ toned midriff and legs.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 22 June 2022
  • That belt of aqua-blue paint across the slab’s midriff is pleasantly harmless.
    John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2020
  • And indeed, the queen’s posture and her exposed midriff lend the tableau loungy-ness aplenty.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Ribbons were tied around the midriff, and tassels hung off waist-binding belts.
    Thomas Admson, The Seattle Times, 4 July 2017
  • In between are insults to the long middle region of the spine, which begins at the shoulders and ends at the midriff.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • As its name suggests, the top features thin ties that wrap around the midriff in a crisscross pattern.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 26 July 2021
  • The women were dressed: bare midriffs, stiletto pumps, long wefts of hair, thick black lashes.
    Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Tops that expose the midriff or chest, tank tops, mesh tops, and shirts with no sleeves are not acceptable.
    Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Starr had a ball on the carpet in her two-piece midriff look, fluttering her flowy skirt for the cameras.
    Leanne Italie, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2024

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