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How to use belch in a sentence

22 example sentences · verb, noun

Belch means to expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly. Example: “Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.”

Examples of belch by meaning

verbTo expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.

  • She eats too fast, belches behind a cupped hand, smiles.1980, J. M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians, Penguin, 19982, Chapter 2, p. 41

verbTo eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

  • Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.

nounAn instance of belching; the sound that it makes.

  • The hotel coffee machine gurgles out an acrid belch.2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium

More sentences with belch

  • Sip the perry of the Black Worchester and you will belch clouds of soot.2017, Andi Watson, Glister. From the entry perry
  • Copper wolves down his portion and shows his appreciation with a loud belch.2015, David C. Pappas, “Punta Del Este to Stanley — The Roaring Forties”, in The One Eyed Albatross, Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press…. From the entry wolve down
  • Ockers who could fart and belch and drop their trousers were plentiful.1987, James Oram, Hogan: The Story of a Son of Oz, page 69. From the entry ocker
  • "Move along, you coxcomb," Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 10, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing)…. From the entry eructation
  • It is characteristically burning and has a belchy feel because belching and alkalies relieve it.1944, Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association: Volume 41. From the entry belchy
  • “Typical Viking wench you got there my friend.” Asil smiled and let out with a very wenchly belch.2015, Hells Lefse, Drogons 3: Victims Of The Victorious. From the entry wenchly
  • We walked out farctate, belching, and flatulent.2011, V Traven, Memoirs of a Dromomaniac, page 115. From the entry farctate
  • Belching cows and pigs could start costing farmers money if a proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law.2008 December 5, “Flatulence tax could bankrupt farmers”, in Independent, UK. From the entry flatulence tax
  • Yes, the nappy checks, the belches, the spills!2006, Emma Neale, Relative Strangers, Random House New Zealand, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry nappy check
  • The Earth could be on the brink of a death-dealing calamity — and belching cows are partly to blame.1988 January 12, Weekly World News, volume 9, number 14, page 36. From the entry cowtastrophe
  • It was a sympathetic belch, a belch of brotherhood.1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff. From the entry contumely
  • Shall his bosom faint, If drunken Censure belch out sour breath From Hatred's surfeit on his labour's front?1922, Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams, The Jonson Allusion-book. From the entry befilth
  • The high impact derives from the farmstock fodder grown with chemicals, transport fuels, and the potent greenhouse gas methane from belching cattle and sheep.2009 January 23, Kate Connolly, “Schnitzel off the menu as Germans are told to cut down on eating meat”, in The Guardian. From the entry farmstock
  • Belching loudly, he sat back in his chair, letting his pot-belly protrude out so much that it touched the edge of his desk.2008, James M. Campbell, One Night in the House of the Creepy Santas, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry pot-belly
  • Clouds of white fire belched up.1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling. From the entry prismatically
  • Whose arrival was fanfared with a rip-roarer of a belch, one of such thunderous proportions that the crystal of the chandeliers tinkled and the glass in the windows rattled.2010, Gregory Dark, Charming!, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry fanfare
  • He releases a prodigious, beerful belch that earns him a pat on the back from Simon and evokes a “Simon, for God's sake!” from Nancy in the kitchen window.2007, Peter Scott, Barter Island, Camden, ME: Down East Books, →ISBN, page unknown. From the entry beerful
  • Indeed Erskine never opened his mouth, in Watt's presence, except to eat, or belch, or cough, or keck, or muse, or sigh, or sing, or sneeze.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry keck
  • The sets, which include a full-sized showboat with belching double stacks and sternwheel, are in the best Metro tradition, which means as sumptuous as sumptuous can be.1951 July 20, Bosley Crowther, “THE SCREEN: A MUSICAL FAVORITE AT RADIO CITY; 'Show Boat,' Metro Remake of Hit, With Kathryn Grayson in…. From the entry showboat

Meaning of belch

  1. verb To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
  2. verb To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
  3. noun An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.

Full definition of belch

Questions about belch in a sentence

How do you use belch in a sentence?
Belch is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.”
What is a short sentence with belch?
“Clouds of white fire belched up.”
What does belch mean?
Belch means to expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.

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