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.
  • So don’t get your belly in a rash.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Give him lots of treats and belly rubs!
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a lot of bellies to fill.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Try to ground your body with some deep belly breaths.
    — Juli Fraga, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That string that’s so tight in her belly is about to snap.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And men would come down to the set just to stare at my belly.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And men would come down to the set just to stare at my belly.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Last week a whole school of trout floated up belly first.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The belly is tan or gray with dark blotches.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Their bellies tend to be whiter than the other species.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • At least someone still has some fire in the belly!
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • Does a vague sense of dread curdle your belly?
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
  • Its back is gray while its sides and belly are pinkish.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There should be some small tension in the belly to hold you up.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Tamsin takes in his naked chest, his belly.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But what is lesser known is how that fire in her belly came to be.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Seen from below, its belly is pale white.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • His hand brushed her thigh, her rounded belly.
    — ‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • Their bellies are paler and more yellow.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Sigourney was able to reach her hand out and touch one of their bellies.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023
  • After a walk, wipe down your pet's feet, legs and belly.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe their belly too, for good measure.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The fire returns to your belly.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Its belly emits a soft-glow light when your child gives it a little squeeze.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • More like there’s-a-no belly fat to be found on this scammer’s bod.
    — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • So much food to taste and tell you about−so little time and belly space to do it.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Their belly is white with black speckles while their wings and back are black with white.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025

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