bellyache
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To be fair, backbenchers, and even politicians in government, love to bellyache.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
You get a bellyache, or worse, in part because processed foods and high fructose corn syrup alter the composition of bacteria in our gut, decreasing the influence of “good” bacteria and increasing “bad” bacteria.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023
Almost inevitably, when corporate managements bellyache about short selling, their shares are under pressure for fundamental reasons, such as management ineptitude or dishonesty.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
Characters backbite, bellyache, reluctantly pitch in and commit mundane acts of heroism in a largely believable manner, and there’s blessedly little inspirational speechmaking.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
They’d say they had a bellyache or their ears hurt.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
“The world is not ready to hold women accountable for their complicity, even the ones in power,” Mitch bellyaches to Alex in “The Morning Show” after he is exposed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
The odd configurations created by realignment are familiar to anyone who has heard college football fans’ bellyaches.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
“How my intestines are undulating,” he bellyaches with operatic formality.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2015
Pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches: Rooney Mara stars in Steven Soderbegh's big-pharma thriller Side Effects.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013
Even with less of a tax deduction, businessmen will still be able to eat their expensive lunches and have no bellyaches.
From Time Magazine Archive
We bellyached and we grouched, but really, we did nothing.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2024
Whereas Michael Myers paced calmly in a silly jumpsuit, Lewis bellyached in moody black outfits.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
At one point, he even bellyached, "I'm a victim. I will tell you. I'm a victim."
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022
Reddick made the surprise jump — his current Richard Childress Racing team bellyached it’s an ill-timed one — to join Denny Hamlin and Jordan’s 22XI Racing in 2024.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
Louie dragged his feet, bellyached, and quit at the first sign of fatigue.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
And instead of bellyaching about the radical changes to the sport, Cignetti became the old dog learning new tricks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
All this yelling and bellyaching serves a pragmatic purpose: to distract from how what they're saying makes no sense.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2025
But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
But most of my American friends that watch football are Arsenal fans and I am tired of them bellyaching about being third or whatever.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2023
The goats were bellyaching as well, bleating loud enough to compete with the chickens.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
