umbilically
- a word derived from umbilical.
Example Sentences
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Film and novel are umbilically linked, however, by the basic gambit—a “motiveless” crime committed by strangers and therefore difficult to solve—as well as by a riff on the Faust legend, with Bruno as Mephistopheles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Under Lukashenko, Belarus became almost umbilically tied to neighboring Russia, agreeing to form a still-in-progress “union state.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
The first thing to fully conceive was the sisters: their individuality and their almost umbilically tied relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
It’s not just English TV and film actors who connect umbilically to this country’s theater, but offscreen talent, too.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2021
Never has a creator been so umbilically linked to his creation.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010
