bellyaching

Example Sentences

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And instead of bellyaching about the radical changes to the sport, Cignetti became the old dog learning new tricks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

All this yelling and bellyaching serves a pragmatic purpose: to distract from how what they're saying makes no sense.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025

But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

But most of my American friends that watch football are Arsenal fans and I am tired of them bellyaching about being third or whatever.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

"Quit your bellyaching," he'd say, tossing a family pack of anemic pork chops into the cart.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris