bellyache
Example Sentences
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As I headed for the candy counter, I said, “Boy, if I eat that much candy I’ll probably have a bellyache for six months.”
From Literature
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He gave the Witch a rotten tomato in a bag he traded for bellyache medicine.
From Literature
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And instead of bellyaching about the radical changes to the sport, Cignetti became the old dog learning new tricks.
“Enough bellyaching. There’s work to be done,” he grumbled.
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All this yelling and bellyaching serves a pragmatic purpose: to distract from how what they're saying makes no sense.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.