belch

Example Sentences

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Those same people are now basking in the delight of watching online trolls spiral as they belch “terrorist” while reckoning with his likelihood to win the mayorship in November.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

Several African leaders noted their continent’s rainforests help gobble up excess carbon dioxide in the air and emphasized how their countries belch out only a tiny fraction of heat-trapping emissions compared to richer countries.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

You can’t shower, and microgravity prevents digestive gases from rising out of the stew of other juices in your stomach and intestines, making it hard to belch without barfing.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Quasars are powered by supermassive black holes, and sometimes belch out waves of matter that can snuff out baby stars.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023

Rosaleen, however, downed hers so fast she let out a belch that the boys in my old junior high would have envied.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd