bellyache

To be fair, backbenchers, and even politicians in government, love to bellyache.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

You get a bellyache, or worse, in part because processed foods and high fructose corn syrup alter the composition of bacteria in our gut, decreasing the influence of “good” bacteria and increasing “bad” bacteria.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023

Almost inevitably, when corporate managements bellyache about short selling, their shares are under pressure for fundamental reasons, such as management ineptitude or dishonesty.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023

Characters backbite, bellyache, reluctantly pitch in and commit mundane acts of heroism in a largely believable manner, and there’s blessedly little inspirational speechmaking.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

As I headed for the candy counter, I said, “Boy, if I eat that much candy I’ll probably have a bellyache for six months.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“The world is not ready to hold women accountable for their complicity, even the ones in power,” Mitch bellyaches to Alex in “The Morning Show” after he is exposed.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019

The odd configurations created by realignment are familiar to anyone who has heard college football fans’ bellyaches.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018

“How my intestines are undulating,” he bellyaches with operatic formality.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2015

Pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches: Rooney Mara stars in Steven Soderbegh's big-pharma thriller Side Effects.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013

In the mornings he vomited and complained of bellyaches, so he got out of school.

From Time Magazine Archive

At a time when the going rate for pho was $7 and cheaper around the Chinatown International District, some customers bellyached that $10 pho was price gouging, or the yuppification of Vietnamese food.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

We bellyached and we grouched, but really, we did nothing.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2024

Whereas Michael Myers paced calmly in a silly jumpsuit, Lewis bellyached in moody black outfits.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

At one point, he even bellyached, "I'm a victim. I will tell you. I'm a victim."

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022

Louie dragged his feet, bellyached, and quit at the first sign of fatigue.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

And instead of bellyaching about the radical changes to the sport, Cignetti became the old dog learning new tricks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

All the male bellyaching about "Barbie" and Taylor Swift did nothing to dent ticket sales.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024

But most of my American friends that watch football are Arsenal fans and I am tired of them bellyaching about being third or whatever.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2023

A few months after the press conference, Teller, wounded at being shunned by former friends and colleagues over his continued bellyaching, finally attempted to set the record straight in an article for Science.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik