bellyful

Example Sentences

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As Celtic lifted the trophy, most Rangers fans had already exited, presumably having had a bellyful of disappointment for one day.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

The apex of that transformation arrived with the N.F.L. planting this year’s event in Las Vegas, where the prevailing ethos might well be that a bellyful of anything is barely enough.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

With a powerful radar that rotates six times every minute on the fuselage and a bellyful of surveillance gear, the plane can spot missile launches, airborne bombing runs and other military activity in the conflict.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

Transported through technology, she is racing down an aisle at the International Spy Museum in D.C., toward a clear glass case that holds a model of a white-haired rodent with a bellyful of money.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2021

He walked over to a grocery box, mumbling as he did, “Mush! A hound can’t hunt on a bellyful of that stuff.”

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls