When once Serapion's midriff was fairly tickled it was hard to reduce it to calm again, and he was still laughing when Klea appeared in front of his cell some few minutes after the departure of the Roman.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
But did I attribute my supremacy in this regard to accumulating and thickening layers of tissue in the general vicinity of my midriff?
"One Third Off"
Irvin S. Cobb
And when in winter their flanks are jewelled with ice and snow, then they raise their heads proudly to the stars, calling across the frozen valleys to their greater brethren in the midriff of the continent-"Behold, we also are hills, in the sight of the Lord!"
"The Master of the Inn"
Robert Herrick