from below

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: from a lower place

I felt a draft from below.

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Jesibel and Desisia are conjoined from below the sternum to the pelvis; they have been admitted to the King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, where a team will assess the feasibility of separation surgery. — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Two months later, a paddleboarder and his dog were thrown into the water there but escaped unhurt after a shark bit their board from below. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Dragonflies prefer to attack from below, in the blind spot of a flying insect. — Rachel Sargent Mirus, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 Normally in the California current off the Pacific coast, colder, nutrient-rich water flows up from below, bringing nutrients that fish, kelp forests and other marine life depend on. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for from below

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