stomachache

Example Sentences

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But like a stomachache from too much candy, the pain was short-lived.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

Maryland’s Montgomery County recommends keeping a child home with a stomachache, “pale or flushed face” or “thick yellow discharge from the nose.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Her 10-year-old daughter took a couple of bites of packaged lentils and soon after battled a stomachache.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

She complained of a stomachache, nausea and difficulty breathing.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Maybe Finn should get a stomachache, just so he could go home and spend every moment possible with Mom, until she had to leave.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix