flatulence

Example Sentences

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Napoleon exclaims during an extended instance of flatulence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

When the cave floods, the rising and falling of the water sucks through air and makes a sound uncannily similar to flatulence.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

In research published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, a study led by UMD assistant research scientist Santiago Botasini used the device to measure flatulence in healthy adults.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Dissenting in Massachusetts, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that from the court’s reasoning, “it follows that everything airborne, from Frisbees to flatulence, qualifies as an ‘air pollutant.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The safe room was in a shambles, blown apart by some sort of fairy flatulence.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer