How to use tummy in a sentence
34 example sentences · noun
Tummy means the stomach or belly. Example: “She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.”
Examples of tummy by meaning
nounThe stomach or belly.
- "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- It stays in your tummy for seven years and all the other bad stuff sticks to it and then a doctor has to cut it out with an axe!2019 December 16, Chesca & J Hause, “The Lies”, in Litter Box Comics
More sentences with tummy
- She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.From the entry ticklish
- My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.From the entry gas
- Bryan came home from school with an upset tummy.From the entry upset
- He tickled Nancy's tummy, and she started to giggle.From the entry tickle
- "I've just been to see Mrs Miggins." — "And how is she?" — "Not too good today. We've had a little problem with our tummy."From the entry our
- "We tend to think more of tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery," Yerram said.2024 January 9, Dan Lamothe, Matt Viser, Fenit Nirappil, Missy Ryan, “Austin treated for prostate cancer before emergency, Pentagon…. From the entry elective
- This boy is chonking beyond chonk this winter, figured y'all would appreciate the tummy!2024 January 25, Niborus_Rex, r/ferrets, Reddit, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025. From the entry chonk
- This sort of elderly practitioner who talks about tummy is still a familiar figure in the countryside.2023, Nicolas Freeling, No Part in Your Death. From the entry tutster
- You’d see people of all shapes, including those with soft tummies, cellulite and stretch marks.2019, Lyndi Cohen, edited by Melody Lord, The Nude Nutritionist: Stop Obsessing About Food + Never Diet Again, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry bikini body
- Sugary beverages: These are sugar bombs and the empty calories will go right to your tummy.2015, Frank C. Rollins, Fast Six Pack Abs. From the entry sugar bomb
- She'd forgotten that reading in cars always made her tummy feel a little whoopsy.2014, Ellen Miles, The Puppy Place #34: Zipper. From the entry whoopsy
- “That's all lovely,” she said, settling her grumblesome tummy with a firm press of her palm.2014, Stephanie Perkins, My True Love Gave to Me. From the entry grumblesome
- Petra placed her hands either side of Jane's tummy and gave her a freshmint kiss.2012, Louise Welsh, The Girl on the Stairs. From the entry freshmint
- One 5-year-old anglerette, according to CCA’s Karen Ripple, asked her 4-year-old sister, “Did your tummy jump?2002 December 1, Keith Walters, “It’s time to worry when your tummy doesn’t jump”, in The Sunday Star, Easton, Md., page 7B, column 1. From the entry anglerette
- I used to be a little person inside my Mommy's tummy.1987 February 1, Barbara Siegel, quoting Grace the Pro-Life Doll, “Move Over Barbie”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 2. From the entry little person
- Until Tagamet (cimetidine), most major drug companies didn't take tummy troubles terribly seriously.1985, Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon, The New People's Pharmacy: Drug Breakthroughs for the '80s, Bantam, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry antacid
- So Olga invents WUNDER-PANTS®—the first soft all-stretch underpants to do something neat for tummies.1975 February 24, Tobias, “Olga”, in Statesville Record & Landmark, volume 101, number 47, Statesville, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6-A…. From the entry tummie
- I've never seen so many strange looking hippies— also strange looking thighsies, kneesies and tummies.1972, Totie Fields, I THINK I'LL START ON MONDAY The Official 8 1/2 oz. Mashed Potato Diet. From the entry kneesie
- This absurdly tight skirt clearly shows too much bulge (along with hip bones, tummy, specks of dust etc).2020 November 11, “What’s it like to be a post-orchiectomy non-op trans woman”, in elilla & friends’ very occasional blog thing, archived…. From the entry bulge
- "All they'll get in Corfu is a jiffy tummy.2016 April 11, Shirley Wells, Shirley Wells The Dylan Scott Mystery Series Collection 1: Presumed Dead\Dead Silent\Silent Witness\Dead…. From the entry jiffy tummy
- Now, as she sat in the backseat and they swooped through turn after turn, her tummy felt a lot whoopsy.2014, Ellen Miles, The Puppy Place #34: Zipper. From the entry whoopsy
- We all suffered there, and got our dose of what is known as 'jiffy tummy', which is acute diarrhoea.2004, Benjamin John Grob-Fitzgibbon, The Irish Experience During the Second World War: An Oral History. From the entry jiffy tummy
- My tummy jumped when I caught my first fish.”2002 December 1, Keith Walters, “It’s time to worry when your tummy doesn’t jump”, in The Sunday Star, Easton, Md., page 7B, column 1. From the entry anglerette
- Here I am, spread out on my tummy like I'm about to slide down a slip and slide for the whole place to witness.2017, A. M. Willard, Boys, Toys - Oh My!, volume 1. From the entry slip-and-slide
- YouthQuake had the opportunity to taste these new cheesylicious offerings at the launch and the result was a full tummy and glowing smile.2003 August 8, Siva Darshan, “Say cheese or rather cheeses!”, in New Straits Times. From the entry cheesylicious
- All you do is sit around, scratch your balls, rub your lucky tummy and beak off about how much money you're making!1997, Ronald Mark Chambers, Three Really Nasty Plays, page 172. From the entry beak off
- "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry sprint
- The nappies included in this set from TotsBots will keep your baby dry for up to 12 hours, and even have a smart waterproof tummy area.2023 January 6, Isabel Deibe, “Best reusable nappies of 2023 - top washables for all budgets”, in Good to Know. From the entry night nappy
- Always place nappy fasteners horizontally, never vertically, because if for some reason they did come undone, they will not dig into your baby's tummy when he moves around.2011, Louise Heren, Susan McMillan, Nanny in a Book: The Common-Sense Guide to Childcare, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry nappy fastener
- Jenny and Lenny, the mischievious twins, With muddied knees and gap-toothed grins, And rumbling tummies - they lick their lips, It's time for fish fingers, beans and chips.2008, Karl Woodbury, England Is Truly a Magical Place. From the entry mischievious
- By "tanking up," as I call this strategy, you get more food into his tummy, which, in turn, enables him to sleep through longer stretches at night.2005, Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, “Your Baby’s Liquid Diet: Feeding Issues in the First Six Months”, in The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your…. From the entry tank up
- It was low-cut to show off her breasts, gathered and draped tactfully over her tummy, the legs cut in a boxer-short style to help conceal the cellulite on her bottom.2017, Rebecca Chance, Killer Affair, Pan Books, →ISBN. From the entry boxer-short
Meaning of tummy
- noun The stomach or belly.
- noun A protruding belly, paunch.
- noun In reference to where a baby is carried, the abdomen, or specifically the womb, especially of a woman, but also of animals in general (usually mammals).
Questions about tummy in a sentence
- How do you use tummy in a sentence?
- Tummy is used as a noun. For example: “She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.”
- What is a short sentence with tummy?
- “"All they'll get in Corfu is a jiffy tummy.”
- What does tummy mean?
- Tummy means the stomach or belly.
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