belted

Example Sentences

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A big backer of the coalition government, who even belted out Marvin Gaye on the Lib Dem conference stage and attempted to stand in the leafy south-west London constituency of Richmond Park.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

At the 2024 Oscars, Ryan Gosling, reprising his role as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s 2023 movie “Barbie,” donned a bedazzled pink suit and belted the ballad “I’m Just Ken.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

I’m surrounded by moms in cool belted trench coats, wrinkleless moms with shiny, bouncy hair, moms in Alo Yoga outfits, their figures indistinguishable from their teenage daughters’.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

The Blue Jays threatened with two outs in the sixth when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. belted a double to left field.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

I held on to his arm, which was belted securely around me, feeling safe because Dad was in charge and it was his hand that pulled the sun up each morning and down at night.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson