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How to use fart in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Fart means to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. Example: “I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella?”

Examples of fart by meaning

verbTo emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

  • Above his head the funnel farted black soot into the sky.1988, Peter Carey, chapter 95, in Oscar and Lucinda, London: Faber and Faber, published 1989, page 457
  • We’ve been stuck behind a Ford Escort farting black smoke for ten minutes.2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, New York: Riverhead Books, page 139

nounAn emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.

  • I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella?
  • Silent farts are often the smelliest.

More sentences with fart

  • My dad used to burp to hide the fact he was farting.From the entry burp
  • He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.From the entry let rip
  • After a bad day of duck hunting nothing goes down better than a good duck fart.From the entry duck fart
  • I felt better after I got a fart off.From the entry get off
  • Surhoff blooped a weak duck fart into shallow right field.From the entry duck fart
  • Stick with me, kid, and you'll be farting through silk.From the entry fart through silk
  • These ivory-tower bureaucrats have been sitting in an echo chamber for months now, smelling their own farts, not realizing these ham-fisted policies really aren't working.From the entry smell one's own farts
  • Big fart bubbles are popping and wobbling and bouncing from that brappy butt of hers!2026 May 5, @flyfoenix1, X (post). From the entry brappy
  • Yes, a woman was actually arrested not only for farting, but for cyberfarting.2025 January 1, Hazel Hawke, “Opinion: Welsh Woman Arrested For Farting Is Just Dramatic Enough For OnlyFans”, in Riverfront Times…. From the entry cyberfarting
  • I guess they were Dutch-ovening each other, just basking in the ambiance of farts.2022 August 17, Brittany Sims, “The View’s Whoopi Goldberg was 'scared' for granddaughter to join reality show- but gave her 'best' advice…. From the entry Dutch oven
  • My dog got shot in the chest by one of these "fart squirrels" last week.2022 July 23, Ms. Lacey (@nonniebluvs), Twitter. From the entry fart squirrel
  • More recently, a loud fart actually contributed to another man's death.2019, Gloria Klein, A Metaphysical and Anecdotal Consideration of the Fart. From the entry fartee
  • "I'd like to tongue punch her fart box,” Chet whispered to Zeke.2013, Tabatha Vargo, Having Hope. From the entry tongue punch
  • Kid up and disappears, Shawshanks like a fart in the wind.2012, Phil Brody, The Holden Age of Hollywood. From the entry Shawshank
  • As Richard leans over to begin, Edwyn lets rip a mighty fart.2010, Grace Maxwell, Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, page 99. From the entry more tea, vicar
  • Usually terrific with names, the interrupted president had just had a very human brain fart.2009, David Baldacci, First Family: King and Maxwell. From the entry body man
  • One guy farted repeatedly and laughed out loud each time he let it out.2006, C. Lee Thornton, Oath of Office. From the entry disgusting
  • Could there be a more romantic gift than a remote-controlled fart machine or a pull-my-finger pen?2006, Marsha Collier, Santa Shops on EBay, page 89. From the entry pull my finger
  • “I was sick of working from sparrow fart as station cook and general dogs-body.”1993, Patti Walkuski, No Bed of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam, page 111. From the entry sparrow-fart
  • 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
  • Slocum flew from the saddle and came down on the road a solid fart knocker.1975, Jake Logan, Ride, Slocum, Ride, Playboy Press, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry fartknocker
  • No, I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet under a cow pad.1937, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, page 97. From the entry fart in the wind
  • (Will I?) I, that I will; a fart for the bragger!1906, John Stephen Farmer, Six Anonymous Plays, page 152. From the entry buggish
  • In a landmark case, a British woman who sent disturbing videos of her farts over Christmas was found guilty of “cyber-farting.”2025 January 31, FP Explainers, “‘Drunken mistake’: How farting on camera has led to a woman's arrest in the UK”, in Firstpost, archived…. From the entry cyberfarting
  • Robin Williams and Billy Crystal standing in an elevator, and Robin Williams was just farting his life away.2022 August 17, Brittany Sims, “The View’s Whoopi Goldberg was 'scared' for granddaughter to join reality show- but gave her 'best' advice…. From the entry Dutch oven
  • Boroughs like Manhattan and Brooklyn are so big, I could pop someone and disappear like a fart in the wind.2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry fart in the wind
  • A fart squirrel has been angered very close by.2016 April 24, NOT HERE (@farorenightclaw), Twitter. From the entry fart squirrel
  • It looked like he'd just farted and followed through.2013, Dave Cousins, Waiting for Gonzo. From the entry follow through
  • While an occasional fart makes us laugh, snarts never do.2009 April 18, Bobby Mercer, How Do You Light a Fart?: And 150 Other Essential Things Every Guy Should Know about Science, Simon and…. From the entry snart
  • Those braindead sectants can interpret anything including farts of their spiritual leaders as the sign of imminent destruction of Israel.2003 December 30, Passerby, “The NK and the Iran quake”, in soc.culture.palestine (Usenet), retrieved 28 Aug 2022. From the entry sectant
  • The old fart had catered to Catherine’s every whim.2001, Julie Garwood, chapter 7, in Mercy, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry know which side of the bread is buttered
  • Yeah, well, you're a darty old fart.2000, Rufus Juskus, Blueprint, page 61. From the entry darty
  • Surely if the universe has one ounce of integrity, watching the old farts getting it on would be more interesting.1998 February 26, PPRISYPANZ, “Time Warp?”, in alt.hi.are.you.cute (Usenet). From the entry horizontal slam dance
  • So too, in some dialects the traditional name mare’s fart is still used for the plant otherwise known as fleabane.1996, McDonald, James, The Wadsworth dictionary of obscenity & taboo, page 50. From the entry mare's fart
  • Her eyes are telling me, "Eat my shorts, you precocious little fart." I definitely haven't made a friend.1988, Greg Matthews, The Gold Flake Hydrant, page 232. From the entry eat my shorts
  • Leo farted homily to close the transaction.1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game. From the entry homily

Meaning of fart

  1. verb To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
  2. verb To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
  3. noun An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.

Full definition of fart

Questions about fart in a sentence

How do you use fart in a sentence?
Fart is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella?”
What is a short sentence with fart?
“Silent farts are often the smelliest.”
What does fart mean?
Fart means to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

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