belly

Example Sentences

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The gladiator depicted on the cover of “Those Who Are About to Die” has the beginnings of a pot belly and bears not the slightest physical resemblance to Kirk Douglas or Russell Crowe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

Bartram's bass display a light golden color with dark brown blotches along their sides, a mottled belly, and fins with a rosy tint.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 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

He closed the book and rubbed his belly.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville