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as in stomach
a need or desire for food
as dinnertime approached he could think only of his belly
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as in corporation
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
worked hard to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion
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as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
in my belly I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, as the details of his story just didn't add up
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as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up
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Recent Examples of belly
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The product should be applied liberally to the toad’s belly and rubbed in.
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Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
And, of course, her dance moves — which draw from belly dancing as well as such Latin and Afro-Colombian styles as champeta and merengue — lived up to their nearly mythic status.
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Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
On summer weekends, visitors can also take a challenging Introduction to Wild Caving Tour, which journeys into undeveloped parts of the cave and requires belly crawling.
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Taryn Shorr-McKee,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
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Noun
At 370 feet long with 80 crew members, the ship has a helicopter landing pad and hangar, two rib boats in the belly of the vessel, and heavy artillery, including a cannon.
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Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The product should be applied liberally to the toad’s belly and rubbed in.
—
Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
And, of course, her dance moves — which draw from belly dancing as well as such Latin and Afro-Colombian styles as champeta and merengue — lived up to their nearly mythic status.
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Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
On summer weekends, visitors can also take a challenging Introduction to Wild Caving Tour, which journeys into undeveloped parts of the cave and requires belly crawling.
—
Taryn Shorr-McKee,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for belly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly
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People prone to heartburn or acid reflux may also find lemon water irritating, especially on an empty stomach.
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Onaje’s body was covered with numerous bruises to the chest, stomach, back and legs.
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Because fat and cholesterol do not dissolve well in blood, the body packages them inside particles called lipoproteins, with an apolipoprotein on the outside.
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Advertisement Chia seeds are another underconsumed food high in both fat and fiber.
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Next to Johnson, police also found an 85-year-old woman suffering from a stab wound to her abdomen, Holtz said.
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At least one person from the vehicle fired shots at the victim, hitting him multiple times in the abdomen, and he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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In addition to DJs, these events feature funk and soul performers who are influential in DJing culture, such as Whodini, a pioneering hip-hop group, and the Brides of Funkenstein, a vocal group associated with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic.
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Joined by collaborators old—Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Shahzad Ismaily—and new—Nick Hakim, the Smile drummer Tom Skinner—Orton knits an infinity scarf of wicker-weir folk, jazzy ambiance, and blue-eyed soul.
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The apartment's one window, protruding from the zinc roof, faces west, putting it in direct sun from midday to dusk.
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All door handles in the ward are metal levers flush with the door, rather than protruding, to prevent patients from using them as ligature points.
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Note a new parade route this year, starting at the corner of 12th Avenue and North 3rd Street and snaking down 5th Avenue toward South 8th Street.
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Today, the two bands have announced the Bitch Cabal Tour, a co-headlining run snaking its way across the American Midwest and South this fall.
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The state also ranks fourth in the nation for childhood poverty and hunger, according to Katie Ruth Camp, the organization's vice president of marketing and public relations.
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Feeling comfortably full may help prevent waking up from hunger in the middle of the night.
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There is a funny thread of everyone thinking Woody’s getting a bit old – rocking a paunch and a poncho – while Buzz pines for Jessie.
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Gore is best known for Make America Great Again, her 2016 naked portrait of Trump with the paunch and solemnity of the great men of art history, adding, crucially, the tiniest of compensatory micropenises.
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“Belly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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