belly flop
Example Sentences
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USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In fact, they discovered, this particular sequence of movements — curl up, jump, finish with a belly flop — is not unusual among other worm-shaped organisms that jump, including caterpillars and fly larvae.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Anyone who's ever done a belly flop into a swimming pool knows it ends with a blunt-sounding splat, a big splash and a searing red sting.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2023
In Switzerland, he was rescued by scuba divers who pulled him unconscious from a lake after a belly flop.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
I look away but not before my stomach does a belly flop.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
