How to Use belly in a Sentence

belly

noun
  • They slid down the snowy hill on their bellies.
  • He got down on his belly to crawl.
  • This summer, the show will for the first time be staged in the belly of the beast.
    Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Irish variety comes from the back of the pig, rather than the belly.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The fire in the belly of Mrs. Lovett’s macabre oven doesn’t extend to his.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • The pack's thin cells form the Lyriq's belly pan and span the area between the front and rear axles.
    Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
  • The skirt, which sat at the apex of her bump, left the top of her belly exposed.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Imagine a little kid on their belly, on the ground, in the grass and the dirt and the mud.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • At ten paces, Caine fires before John and gets him in the side of the belly.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • Bun’s charge is the friendly white guy with the belly and the tonsure.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • By the end of the week, her back and belly were dotted with a dozen of these odd bubbles.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The belly of the plant — the piña — looks, indeed, like a giant pineapple.
    Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the front of the jeans was too snug through my lower belly area.
    Sarah Chiwaya, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The Buick’s long hood slid beneath the belly of the semitrailer.
    A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • As the weeks passed, Kaiden watched his mother’s belly grow.
    Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • Sigourney was able to reach her hand out and touch one of their bellies.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023
  • More like there’s-a-no belly fat to be found on this scammer’s bod.
    Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The top half of the plane would have been white and the bottom, including the belly, would have been dark blue.
    Darlene Superville, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023
  • This was Roth-Con, a confab of Philip stans in the belly of Rothlandia.
    Karen Heller, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But what is lesser known is how that fire in her belly came to be.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Each of these knives has had its butt kicked—and its belly, bolsters, spine, and scales.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The brown booby is a large warm-water species with brown plumage and a white belly.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • People refer to this spot as the ground scar or belly spot.
    Justin Miller Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 30 June 2023
  • In contrast, Fred had a huge pot belly that hung well over his belt.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
  • Flank: This is the belly area, which produces flank, skirt, and hanger steaks.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
  • Beavers are skinned up the belly in what’s called an open style, and pelts can be sold at auction or tanned to keep.
    Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Deer mice tend to be bigger than house mice and have white bellies and brown or tan backs.
    Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Its fun name is a play on that glow that travels from heart to belly with a sip of bourbon.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Parishioners’ voices filled the belly of the church with prayers and songs, led by the soaring voice of a singing pianist.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • This one was smaller, with a reddish mark on its pale belly, like a wound that had healed.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023

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