belly

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, her 3-year-old pats his belly when he’s hungry for his favorite fruits like strawberries.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Bear will embark on a slower-paced chapter on the Sunshine Coast with one of his former handlers, getting belly rubs and playing his favourite game, fetch.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The unremittingly positive little girl described her symptoms before she was diagnosed as "belly aches and everything, and I felt sick but other than that, I just felt like a normal person".

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

His older sister, Averie, was a protector who “beat up everybody for me from age 3 to like 15,” Domingo says, letting out an extended belly laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

As he reached the frozen shore, he lunged forward headfirst, his belly making slippery contact with the flat, smooth ice.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el