bellyache

Example Sentences

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To be fair, backbenchers, and even politicians in government, love to bellyache.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

You get a bellyache, or worse, in part because processed foods and high fructose corn syrup alter the composition of bacteria in our gut, decreasing the influence of “good” bacteria and increasing “bad” bacteria.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

Almost inevitably, when corporate managements bellyache about short selling, their shares are under pressure for fundamental reasons, such as management ineptitude or dishonesty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

So why was Kasich moved to bellyache about it, particularly when the provocation appeared to be little more than glimpsing the cover of a “Harry Potter” book?

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2016

The fish they pull from water by La Saline give people the bellyache, you know.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple