bellyache

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

He showed up even though he didn't have to, and raced towards the cameras so he could bellyache at length about the proceedings.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

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

“Is poison water. Is bad water from the ditch that make my baby belly swell so,” says Marie, Lagurie’s woman, carrying her youngest on her hip, her child sad with bellyache.

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