belly-landed

past tense of belly-land

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-landed
Verb
  • Colin Farrell touched down at the Zurich Film Festival this week with his latest project Ballad of a Small Player from director Edward Berger.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All four occurred during the May 15 storms, when 15 total tornadoes touched down in western and central Wisconsin.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The match had already been lit; smoke was going up.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • That whole environment re-lit something in me.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • China has landed on the Red Planet once, sticking the landing on its first attempt in 2021, setting the Zhurong rover down successfully in southern Utopia Planitia as part of the Tianwen 1 mission.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit landed as a midnight deadline to fund the government fast approached, with no deal in sight and both parties trading blame.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rugged lodges perched on sprawling acres of land offer up hiking and biking aplenty.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • City officials said the event was unrelated to the continual land movement known as the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex, about 4 miles (6 kilometers) southeast, that has wreaked havoc on scores of multimillion-dollar homes perched over the Pacific Ocean.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Belly-landed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-landed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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