burp

Example Sentences

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Excuse them, like they popped out of his mouth like an errant burp.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Chief emission culprits are livestock farming, particularly cattle, which release planet-warming methane when they burp.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Livestock account for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest portion coming from methane that cattle release when they burp.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

The researchers gave eight patients with a reported inability to burp a “belch provocation” in the form of carbonated water, and used pressure sensors to observe how their throats moved.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2024

I told them it was strawberry and it bubbled and tickled when I drank it, and it made me burp.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls