How to Use abdomen in a Sentence

abdomen

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  • The female was shot in the abdomen and thigh, and the male was shot in the thigh.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Salman Ahmed, who had been shot in the abdomen, dropped to the ground.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Green was shot in the abdomen and leg and twice in the arm, Pointer said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Ahmad's car had been bombed at the end of 2019 and last year he was shot in the abdomen.
    — Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Phillips was shot in the chest and Pereira was shot in the head and the abdomen, police said in a statement.
    — DÉbora Álvares, ajc, 18 June 2022
  • The man then walked up to Delgado and stabbed her once in the abdomen.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Her younger son was stabbed in the neck and abdomen, then gutted.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Monica Law said the young girl was shot in the abdomen.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Brown fired shots, striking Townsend in the abdomen and left arm.
    — oregonlive, 27 July 2022
  • Green was struck in his abdomen, a leg and an arm, according to the suit.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • This bee’s head and wings were metal, and its abdomen glass.
    — Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The fight ended after Kaiser shot Adams in the abdomen and Jacobs twice in the chest.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • At least two of the students then fought at the park, and one stabbed the other once in the abdomen, Lyman said.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The retired nurse was allegedly beaten in the face and head and stabbed in the abdomen.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2022
  • One of the men turned, pulled a handgun from his waistband and shot the father once in the abdomen, Miller said.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Matar has not been charged but stands accused of stabbing Rushdie in the abdomen and neck.
    — Christie D’zurillastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • As Hall tried to escape toward the bathroom, James chased her and shot her in the abdomen, chest and head.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
  • Tetiana Svitlova, 75, was crouching low in the boat when the gunfire struck her in the abdomen.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The star's belly is noticeably red as the Morpheus8 laser is used on her abdomen.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Matar, 24, allegedly stabbed Rushdie at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen, state police said.
    — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 13 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
  • Police said the suspect used a knife to stab his 48-year-old friend in the abdomen and then ran into his house.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The victim, described only as a teenage boy, was struck in the abdomen when shots were fired through the glass door at the back of the apartment, Kim said.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The officers responded to the sounds and found a girl with a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • On Sunday evening at around 6 p.m., a 16-year-old male was shot and killed on the city's South Side after being shot in the abdomen.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 25 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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

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