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

Rosenthal is among more than a thousand people who have received a procedure to help them burp since 2019 when an Illinois doctor first reported the steps of the intervention in a medical journal.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2024

While I’m sure if I access deep enough I will find some well of humanity, all I can see on the surface is the emotional equivalent of a burp.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan