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Examples

  • The idea to sell cheeky lingerie of the label fishbelly in limited edition was an experiment.

    The Lingerie Post 2008

  • She told me when he shot himself, my father's flesh swelled fishbelly blue.

    Happy Hour JP Reese 2011

  • They reached up for me with terrible fishbelly fingers.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • Canadian distribution being what it is however - which is to say, being what it isn't - Jones' distributor went fishbelly-up right after the festival, leaving the film in local theatrical limbo until last week, when it opened at Cinema Centre-Ville.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Ed Hollett 2006

  • She filled all the waterskins, and had a big mug of water with a splash of ale in it, then she squirmed out of her costume again, sopped her T-shirt in the fountain, and used it to give herself a nonce-bath all over, scrubbing until her skin (fishbelly here, sunburned and starting to peel there, bruised and bloody elsewhere) felt a little cleaner.

    The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002

  • The fresh clam color went fishbelly white and Sid Markowitz pulled me away from the woman in the business suit.

    Little Girl Blue Cray, David 2002

  • His voice was cool but his face was fishbelly white, like he'd stepped around a corner and bumped noses with Old Man Death.

    The Silver Spike Cook, Glen 1989

  • The words came out as flat and cold as her fishbelly eyes.

    The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

  • "No," Dr. Blau said flatly, his hair friseured by the ionization of the blast, his face pale as a fishbelly.

    In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

  • As a lyricist, Newsom is known for her quaint vocabulary, peppered with words about animals and arcane romance, and not many people these days can get away with a line like, "Her faultlessly etiolated fishbelly-face: the muzzle of a ghost."

    Chattanooga Pulse 2010

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