One of the legs was drawn up almost to the abdomen, and the eyes were fixed on the ceiling in a glassy stare.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
But in a few seconds, the wasp, getting the mastery, brought his tail round, and stung the fly twice, thrice, in rapid succession in the abdomen, and then held tight.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
I fired at Mac Fane-My shot took place, though not so effectually but that he turned round, made a stab at me, and pierced the abdomen almost to the spine.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft