How to Use flatulent in a Sentence
flatulent
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Or that soufflé comes the French word for blown, which stems from the same root as the word flatulent?
— Kim Severson, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Add the spectacle of a flatulent art market raking in endless cash, and 2017 feels like a good year to say goodbye to.
— Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter and Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017 -
Not to cast about for trends, but what do the movies of 2023 have against balding, flatulent, socially awkward teachers named Paul?
— Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023 -
There will no doubt be a line of flatulent toys to accompany the blockbuster’s release.
— John Scott Lewinski, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2008 -
Frisch shifted in his chair, the leather seat giving off a flatulent squeak that triggered an old self-consciousness.
— Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017 -
Does that mean Titan aliens could conceivably share the hearty stench of a garage filled with flatulent auto mechanics?
— Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 25 Nov. 2019 -
And over nearly three decades, Smash Mouth has remained famous partly because of the flatulent cartoon ogre Shrek.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Looming over each twisting plot is Jackson Lamb, the scruffy and flatulent Falstaff of the undercover world.
— The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019 -
The actor, writer, and stunt performer plays the (flatulent) Russian mystic and holy man Rasputin in the Hulu sketch comedy series.
— Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023 -
The Pads have had difficulty finding comfort, stuck in the middle seat-coach on a long flight, with flatulent behemoths on either side of them.
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023 -
Nothing sums up that ethos better than this drama, which stars Daniel Radcliffe as an extremely flatulent corpse.
— Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2017 -
The team, led by a dishevelled and flatulent Lamb, are often manipulated by their glossy counterparts at Regents Park and yet somehow still manage to save the day.
— K.j. Yossman, Variety, 2 Jan. 2024 -
McDougall insists this flatulent burro attempting to punt me across the stalks is actually having a grand time.
— Sean Gregory, Time, 11 Oct. 2019 -
But everyone in Washington is all too familiar now with Trump’s flatulent mouth.
— Jeet Heer, New Republic, 10 Aug. 2017 -
Bayer played a difficult woman who required a flashy Cartier jewel to keep her occupied, a theme park patron doused by water and a flatulent actress in a 1940s movie.
— Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 May 2017 -
Not every dishonoree has taken the flatulent accolade in stride.
— Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023 -
But just below the game’s (incredibly flatulent) surface lies the true spirit of South Park, a pox-on-all-your-houses mentality in which the things people hold dearest are the things that must be satirized mercilessly.
— Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 24 Oct. 2017 -
Stockholm’s condemnation of Putin’s initial 2014 invasions led to Russia retaliating with aggressive patrols by nuclear-capable bombers near Swedish airspace and submarines infiltrations not attributable to flatulent fish.
— Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2023
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