belly

I stayed up many nights just to write, a hunger in my belly and a savage appetite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

But others leapt to her defence, with one writing: "A lot of people in these comments have never seen a pregnant belly on someone who has abs."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Roughly 25% of all air cargo in the U.S. travels in the belly of commercial passenger jets, routinely exposing passengers to fire-prone shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

“I know what it’s like to be the kid whose belly is full thanks to food stamps,” he said.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Gingersnipes pulled herself free and brushed tea from her belly.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Atlantic puffins are the harlequins of the sea, colorful as a rainforest parrot—black backs, white bellies, quad-colored beaks and intensely orange feet and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"This is the first evidence that our bellies expand with age due to the APCs' high output of new fat cells."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026

To test the observation, they strapped pressure sensors around the bellies of lightly anesthetized mice and observed the brain when slight pressure was applied only to the abdominal muscles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

It’s when we make it a point to request a complimentary dessert when we go out to eat, regardless of how full our bellies may be.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

She kept them there for a long time but took them down one by one so that, as she promised, we ate like Americans when hunger cramped our bellies.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

You can see some of the surprising new finds on the citizen science project Redmap, such as sightings of the tropical yellow bellied sea snake in Tasmanian waters.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022

Later, at Nick’s Cove, a local restaurant with a pier that stretches over the bay, Elliott chatted with a woman who had bellied up to the bar to watch a baseball game.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Bikers bellied up to bars and packed into rock shows.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2021

The staff at open bars on opposite ends of the space were lining up beer cups as partygoers bellied up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016

The plaster ceiling was bellied in great swags and the yellowed dentil molding was bowed and sprung from the upper walls.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

I anticipate bellying up to the bar for more of the beverage director’s picks, too.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2020

My favorite San Francisco poet these days is August Kleinzahler, who often writes about bellying up to a bar.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2019

The days of bellying up to the counter, flashing your platinum card and demanding a suite are over.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2019

Two weeks after the Health Department delivered it’s verdict, customers were bellying up to the restaurant’s polished wooden counters and booths as usual on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2017

With every sail spread and bellying taut, the Astrea moved sluggishly against the current.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham