belly flopped

past tense of belly flop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly flopped
Verb
  • Post application, my complexion is luminous, plumped and hydrated.
    Ellie Davis, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Shop the Laneige lip mask that editors and celebrities both use, plus the Covergirl lip gloss that plumped up Kelsea Ballerini’s pout during a PEOPLE photoshoot.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • One of the latest vessels of the Borei-A class, Knyaz Pozharsky, displaces 24,000 tons submerged.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Guests are immersed into a storyline and given laser guns that shoot at different characters.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Macmillan immersed herself in make-believe, admiring how nails could enliven a fantasy version of herself.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Will Smith’s solo blast in the 11th sealed the Jays’ fate, but along the way fans feasted on a host of World Series anomalies, including a rare bench-clearing in the bottom of the fourth after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski plunked Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez with a four-seamer.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • He was pulled in favor of Seranthony Dominguez, who plunked his first batter, then gave up the decisive blow, an Eugenio Suárez grand slam that sent the T-Mobile Park crowd into hysteria.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Performances have not been disastrous, even as results have dipped against strong opponents.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Gabbriette dipped into Saint Laurent’s archives for her outfit, arriving in a black minidress from its spring 2023 collection, designed by then-creative director Tom Ford.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Belly flopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20flopped. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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