flatulence

Example Sentences

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When the cave floods, the rising and falling of the water sucks through air and makes a sound uncannily similar to flatulence.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

For flatulence, however, there is no widely accepted baseline.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Despite the prevalence of digestive-health issues, flatulence researchers have been limited to either invasive laboratory studies or self-reporting, which has proven unreliable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Dissenting in Massachusetts, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that from the court’s reasoning, “it follows that everything airborne, from Frisbees to flatulence, qualifies as an ‘air pollutant.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Constipation and flatulence, or “squeaky gut,” as the men called it, made them even more uncomfortable than they already were.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong