belly

Baby Theo, who is now five months old and thriving, had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

As in all things, Falstaff is led by his belly, a gargantuan metaphor for his gluttonous nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Roughly 25% of all air cargo in the U.S. travels in the belly of commercial passenger jets, routinely exposing passengers to fire-prone shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

“I know what it’s like to be the kid whose belly is full thanks to food stamps,” he said.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Oswald stepped close to me, his belly pressed against Archie’s basket and the nests.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Atlantic puffins are the harlequins of the sea, colorful as a rainforest parrot—black backs, white bellies, quad-colored beaks and intensely orange feet and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"This is the first evidence that our bellies expand with age due to the APCs' high output of new fat cells."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026

I enjoy having their heads on my lap and my hands on their bellies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

There were flashpoints at Lord's and Old Trafford, and Stokes' men looked a better side with fire in their bellies.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

They’d had to come down like that, their bellies still full with godspawn and their minds with memories.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

You can see some of the surprising new finds on the citizen science project Redmap, such as sightings of the tropical yellow bellied sea snake in Tasmanian waters.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022

She also was fed rotting capelin — described as soft bellied and smelling bad — despite the attending vet’s objections.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

Bars bellied up to in Fort Wayne, Bloomington and Indianapolis relayed the same result — the game’s rarely on, no local’s ever raised an issue.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017

The staff at open bars on opposite ends of the space were lining up beer cups as partygoers bellied up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016

He’d bellied up to the stove to warm himself after his first course.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

All you need to do — beyond bellying up to the never-ending breakfast bar — is be vigilant about the demon carbs and sugars that lurk everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021

Ambrogi has since put on a mask, but he refuses to prevent customers from bellying up to the bar in defiance of state rules strictly limiting indoor dining.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2020

My favorite San Francisco poet these days is August Kleinzahler, who often writes about bellying up to a bar.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2019

I’d imagined bellying sails tweaked by rigging-scampering deckhands as the jaunty ship with its cheerful yellow railing plowed through foaming water beneath the brilliant orange bridge towers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2016

With every sail spread and bellying taut, the Astrea moved sluggishly against the current.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham