I rubbed my belly, trying to imagine how long nine feet was and whether I had that much room in me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When they opened it, the man looked from belly to belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know,” she said, patting him on the belly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Can the girl rest her hands on my belly for a little bit?” the woman asked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

So she let him kiss her, and when he pulled back she leaned in and kissed him, heart pounding in her throat, her face tingling, a fire burning in the pit of her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I draw Jude and me with see-through skin, there are always rattlesnakes in our bellies. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The new harmattan winds blew dust everywhere, and Baby joined the thin children who ran around with their naked bellies wreathed in brown. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dany swung the lash at his scaled belly, back and forth until her arm began to ache. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Him ... he drank the water. I had to cut his throat for him, to stop his screaming. Bad belly. You can’t drink the water. That’s why we got the ale.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were still ten kilometers from the village when my chronic backache spread to a deep, rock-hard contraction across my lower belly, and I understood with horror that I was in labor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately,” he says, pointing to his large belly, “my favorite color is the pale green of the word chocolate!” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I was washing him in the stable and I was washing under his belly and he went and wet on me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was jaundiced, and when she checked her belly wound, I saw that it was lined with bubbling black sores. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He scratched at his belly under his white T-shirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Arch was six-and-a-half-feet tall, broad of shoulder, huge of belly, with legs like tree trunks, hands the size of hams, and no neck to speak of. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last few nights have been a mix of strange feelings stirring in my belly. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In its dark belly, moisture swirled and condensed into droplets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She tells me sit down and have some pig’s head and I force it into my mouth and I’m so stuffed I have to lie on the bed with my belly sticking out a mile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She gave him a funny look and then pounced on him, tickling him under the arms and over his belly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up and down, he walked on the round bellies of sand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her belly is still swollen from childbirth and her hair disheveled and her face weary without makeup. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched a moment and then laid her rosy hand on the woman’s swollen belly. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was like that at your age,” Ben tells my grandfather, patting his belly. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands rested on her belly, and she gazed up at the ceiling. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t seem to think of anything but his belly button. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

An-, other attacker stabbed at his eyes until the dragon caught him in his jaws and tore his belly out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the night, he spends with his breadfruit head rocking on my belly button. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Coarse brown hair started at about his belly button and got thicker as it reached his shoulders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Back at Saratoga, when he caught sight of the train to Detroit, the colt had panicked so badly that sweat had streamed from his belly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were inked on girls’ bellies, which tended to be flat or only gently curved. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I have moved out a bit farther into the shallows, floating alternately on my belly and back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But anger roiled in my belly, and after I boarded the bus back to the apartment that day I was seized by another idea. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“She's got you so bewitched that one of these days I'm going to see you twisting around with colic and with a toad in your belly.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He rests his hands on his belly, drumming a slow beat on his waistcoat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And you,” added Sir Palomides generously, “can be the back end, and do hounds. The noise is plainly stated to come from the belly.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It strengthens my belly, where the scar is. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lord Bertulf smiled and put his hands on his enormous belly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Might be it fancies that tender bit in your belly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So, I told him a little about Mary Elizabeth, leaving out the part about the tattoo and belly button ring. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My body grows round again with recovered health, and my belly swells more than the rest of me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had imagined her a fool like all the rest of them, her head stuffed with lies and hatred, her belly full of ice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Before they emptied out, the inner cities were swarming with desperation-hungry bellies, pinched guts, lousy scalps, dirty necks, and the people who made money off of it all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then the three-year-old is scooped upside down into the air and the view zooms up to Father’s face laughing and nuzzling into her belly. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The little fox flipped to his back and gave his belly in submission, but this seemed only to make Bristle angrier, her chattering now punctuated by jabs and nips. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s harder to drink because it fills me and makes my belly bulge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We settle in, huddled together on our bellies in the small space, which gives us good cover and a faraway view of the steps going up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was even more worried about the baby inside Mom’s swollen belly than I was about her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He held a metal bar to the strings of the neck and plucked the strings over the belly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But ours are not the only hungry bellies in Port-au-Prince, not even the most hungry. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strong wind comes, and all my belly feathers are gone. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was centered in her belly where her new elilith was, and she brushed her fingers over it again and shivered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lourdes felt the clot dislodge and liquefy beneath her breasts, float through her belly, and slide down her thighs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji stood in front of a large window and watched workers load suitcases into the belly of an airplane. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about a killing blow and don’t go for the head. It will extend you. Go low and hit them in the belly, the knees, behind the legs. If they’re down...” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Davos grayed his sword in both hands and drove it up point first into the man's belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I can tell it’s him because of the shirt and underpants, not because of the belly button. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summer was savaging Hah, pulling glistening blue snakes from her belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now, when she made the groove each morning, she felt a tremble in her belly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then, feeling that she had been too forward, she would arch her graceful serpent neck and hide her head beneath her belly, peeping upwards from the corner of one eye. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right where his belly button should’ve been, his T-shirt ripped open and he grew something like a horn—no, not a horn—the glowing tip of a blade. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had started out from the giant’s hut feeling strong again, his head clear, his belly full of drakon jerky from their packs of provisions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sensing my joy, he jumped up on me and licked my face, and I hugged him good, pulling his ears and scratching his belly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then they had it free and the nurse clipped through the belly band and removed the heavy node. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With our knives we squat round in a circle and fill our bellies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie was once again struck by the man’s size, his suit jacket straining against his massive belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My belly rumbles at the mention of food. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She bellied up to the little peregrines and looked admiringly at each individual. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I turned onto my back and floated with the sake on my belly. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Being so close to the fire with a belly full of delicious food was making me feel drowsy and safe. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With both hands John pushed and pounded against the shoulders and biceps of Elisha, and tried to thrust with his knees against Elisha’s belly. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I hit his belly with a stick, trying to force him to his feet. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven towers, Ned had told her, like white daggers thrust into the belly of the sky, so high you can stand on the parapets and look down on the clouds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Celeste was there, as always, with his big belly, his apron, and his white moustache. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Millay shows her face! — echoed in my mind, and anger swelled in my belly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then we waited, spirits lifting, eyes sparkling, bellies painful with anticipation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her belly, was as great as though with child these three years, only there was no birth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Ilse comes by at some point and checks Helena’s eye and then pulls back the covers to press on my belly. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When they found them, the little boy was on his back on the floor and Blanca was curled up with her head on the round belly of her new friend. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are welcome to our feast. Today we have killed a goat to celebrate your coming. Soon your bellies will be full with our fufu pili-pili.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is enough magic in starlight to content a baby and fill its belly, and in large enough quantities, starlight can awaken the best in that baby’s heart and soul and mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Murphy is rewarded with attention from Levi, who rubs his belly, and the tennis ball from Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another one”—Jen giggled—“it had a picture of a huge pregnant belly, with the label, ‘Ladies, do you want to look like this?’ Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, I sometimes see my mother’s ghost on Mama Ya-Ya’s bed, her belly big, like she’s forgotten she already gave birth to me. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The barbed wire fence paralleled the rim, and he could see bits of belly hair the deer left on the barbed wire where their trails crossed the fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

His belly stuck out above his pants top. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet Dad smooched right on the belly button, then rolled over and went to sleep. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Heward was hacking at the hands that had seized his bridle when a spear caught him in the belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The painted ceiling bellied overhead like a sail, and down below the green desk lamps glowed, illuminating faces bent over books. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The scent touched him deep behind his belly, and he could feel the old anticipation stirring as it had when he was a child waiting for the first snowflakes to fall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I raise up a little, feeling the benefit of food in my belly whatever the stinking rag may or may not be doing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I see the first hint a Minny’s belly under her dress and I’m grateful she finally showing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A thousand balloons with glow sticks in their bellies were released into the night air. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I leaned over the owl and pushed its wings against its belly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But it was heavy, and with the zebra’s haunches being higher than its belly—and blood being slippery—the hyena started to slide into its victim. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, my dear. They would give me empty promises,” she replied, “which is worse than an empty belly.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was excited, too, so much so that her belly hurt. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I touched my belly to make sure I was still intact. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get attached,” she said to her belly when the baby nudged her with a foot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I reached up and stroked the bird slowly on his belly and under his wing. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Duuzuu was so full, he promptly went back to sleep on my pillow, his belly swollen. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I hold my cloak fast around me, hiding my belly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I stood and pulled my T-shirt up and over my belly and before I had it over my head I heard my Mom gasp. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the spell ripped from Xan’s belly, making her gasp, and then didn’t even work. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Augustus sat in the driver’s seat, covered in his own vomit, his hands pressed to his belly where the G-tube went in. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And a third from the pit of her belly to his, where new enticements stirred. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She has white straps encircling her belly and binding her above and below her chest. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Their hunters found no game, and only the flesh of their dead horses filled their bellies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Only when she’d heard him cross the hallway, heard his door open and close, only then would the metal fist gripping her belly let go. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

With Mother’s help, I rise to leave, but I am seized by a pain that grips my entire belly and I cry out for help. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One day Dayapan wept because all she wanted was one grain of rice and one pea pod—anything to put in her belly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I swear he looked like my dog T.R. when he’s ashamed and trying to wag his tail and drag his belly at the same time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Freddie had learned to bellow from his belly, like a volcano erupting. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Neither he nor Resa had been given anything to eat since they were put in those nets, so it was doubly satisfying to fill his belly with Basta’s food. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When it sees me staring, it sticks its belly out, pops open the glass door, and pulls out the soda tray for me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Through the like-line. You know. Where your belly button is. That is where the like-line grows from and pumps the blood to the baby.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t kill, but it left Leo feeling like he’d just done a belly flop off the deep end. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As he passes it over my belly button going upward, I almost slap at his hand, then realize I need to keep my mouth shut and act the part. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Otto ate until his belly was full and then fell against me like a contented drunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gestured with his hand, making a curve in the air above his own belly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jabs to your belly are almost unbearable. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

With his big belly, bushy beard, and laughing eyes, Mr. Rowan had always reminded Jess of a younger version of Santa Claus. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then a different device against her stretched and shaking belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Puerto Rican boys, Denny, the enormous belly, the others, moved into a circle around Alfred, Henry, Red, and Bud. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian slashed open the panda’s belly and poured its stuffing over the altar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My legs push me forward, lunging me straight into the belly of the crackling sounds of punching and wailing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sat in the swaying belly of a transcontinental train, snaking west from New York. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used a sleeve to wipe the sand from the belly wound. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our faces are chiseled stone, even with a month of food in our bellies. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stared mournfully at the bones, his belly rumbling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s meal had cleared his senses and fueled his muscles, but now the eggs were gone from his belly and the smells of the warming valley brought on a powerful hunger. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Abby and I stepped onto the porch with the August evening sun lowering and lighting the belly of clouds in pink and orange neon. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Lately my breasts and belly ached, though my bleeding had failed to commence. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He bent his body to the arc of the rail and punched into the belly of the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snakes that curled up in her belly had moved into her hearts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mist hung about the ground, finches were singing in the oak tree beside the house, and there was my mother, her pregnant belly sticking out in front of her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I feel someone's presence behind me, so I quickly elbow them in the belly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A little thrill sparks in my belly as we walk out of Tal Al Karama and take the road for the border. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about Tom laughing conspiratorially while he traced his fingers lower over my belly, smiling up at me, saying, “I’m a good liar.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed him out toward the road and felt something leaping ’round in my belly. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As the enemy marched through the occupied streets, a few desperate Loyalists fired upon them from gables, then slid down roofs on their bellies, and fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He crawled to her on his belly and lay with his head in her lap while she petted and soothed him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled up my T-shirt and started sticking them all over my chest and belly. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The butterflies from Jace’s smile escape from my belly into the air and fly away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For whatever reason he grumbled and spat and alternated between growling orders and rubbing his big, unhealthy belly. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad we can’t actually give them belly aches,” said Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unconsciously, one hand crept down to her belly, where an ache was beginning to blossom. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But she had been sick all the way across the ocean, prostrate, clench bellied, and vomiting. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked down and realized that she, too, now had a lovely Neanderthal body - belly hair, loincloth, stubby legs and oversized feet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My belly feels like our soccer ball at Titid’s, got no air but people kick it anyway. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both were smelling that food, and I’m sure both our bellies were saying the same thing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

No one had ever said anything about where babies came from, and I had never connected Mami’s swollen belly with my sisters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If the boy could not be without laughing and play, let them steal to fill their bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I push a metal instrument along his belly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It’s true, I do use my wits to fill my belly with fresh cheese or warm rolls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My belly went funny and my mind raced. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried it to where he sat on a low stool with his bottle and belly fighting for room in his lap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Fish never climb out of the kettle and shove a spear through your belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my belly button and the shimmering crystal of water pooled there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Banners and flags and gonfalons suddenly bellied from every cornice, a huge red banner unscrolled along the full length of the Machinery Building, and the canvas slipped from Big Mary’s gold-leaf shoulders. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And then he’s pulling me slowly toward him, looking into my eyes even as he just swore he wouldn’t and heat’s bursting in my belly, radiating everywhere. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It crawled out from under the veranda on its belly and crept carefully up to me to take the bit of food I had saved from my meal. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had stretch marks on her belly that could only have come from childbirth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down and stared at the ceiling, his hands crossed under his belly as if he had to hold it up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The portion was smaller than the last she’d tasted, but her belly still rumbled at the smell of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The road beneath the Wall was as dark and cold as the belly j of an ice dragon and as twisty as a serpent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The girl reflected back from the window in front of me has poinsettias growing out of her belly and head. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She had to drag herself across the clay floor on her belly when I saw her in the prison cell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It had tumbled the length of its body and was trying to stagger to its feet; after a moment it gave up and lay still, barefoot, shivering, its belly heaving in and out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher, who has a white beard and holds his balloon belly when he talks, is by the door with a student. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The dark, syrupy mandragora, sweet and strong, slipped down into my belly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The door banged open and Herman E. Calloway stood there huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf, only with his belly it looked like he’d already eaten the three little pigs. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the sidewalk, a discarded refrigerator with its face ripped off, and on the curb an old mattress with wire intestines hanging out of its belly. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her belly rumbled, and Dany found herself picking berries with both hands and tossing them into her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The other was wide of shoulder and round of belly, with corkscrew ringlets tumbling past his collar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man behind the desk wore an undershirt that covered about half his enormous belly. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You see, Chaplain, I’m right. You can’t give me a belly laugh, can you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then he slapped his mighty belly, holding his pizzas aloft as if he were carrying the Super Bowl trophy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A spear had entered his belly and come out through his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A dead perch lolling belly up in the clear water. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I could see the venom turning her belly black even as her face turned pale. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

With his pudgy belly and his blotchy red face, he looked like a Las Vegas tourist who’d stayed up too late in the casinos. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

One end of the hose was shoved deep into the belly of the SUV’s gas tank. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"That great wad-dling sack of suet? His own people mock him as Lord Lamprey, I've heard. The man can scarce walk. If you stuck a sword in his belly, ten thousand eels would wriggle out." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He leaped off my belly, his bony heels nearly knocking the breath out of me, danced a jig, then peered up at the leaves. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anya watched her mother disappear around the trees, a hard lump forming in her belly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned under to wash the horse’s belly and the horse tensed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His belly rose higher into his spine and he vomited water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Already they clasped their hands over their bellies in almost the same way; their heads tilted toward one another like two halves of a drawbridge. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached down to scratch his belly, and he didn’t even move. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The plane had to be light, so no matter how tired she felt, she dared not rest her spirit on a wing but continuously and gently pushed up on the plane’s belly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strong Belwas thumped his scarred belly with his fist and swore to eat Brown Ben’s heart with plums and onions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of his shoes is untied but, with his belly leading the way, he has a new swagger in his step. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The echo of our lunchtime laughter sits in my belly for the whole afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His breath was ragged, his giant hands all over me, his fingers in me, the sand burning into my back, my brand-new cherub tattoo burning into my belly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His right arm was cupped across his belly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her belly grew, she seemed to shrink. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took the gun, examined it, and the first thing he knew I had it jammed right up in his belly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wears suits, navy blue or gray, and there’s a gold watch chain that hangs across his belly from pocket to pocket in his waistcoat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“How can it hurt when the point of the weapon is still an inch away from your belly?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon our jaws are tired from chewing on the sassafras roots, and for a time our bellies are fooled into thinking we have eaten. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The girl would drink a botde of warm milk, rub her mother’s belly, and slip into a deep sleep. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her mind and belly heaved, sick and dizzy and frantic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Alfred dropped his right shoulder, took a quick step forward on his right foot, and slammed a short right uppercut into Angel's belly. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caressed his neck, buried her fingers in his dense hair, and when he slid into her, she thought about Arize’s pregnant belly, how easily it must have broken, skin stretched that taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You think you can frighten ironbom with words'? Begone. Run back to your master before I open your belly, pull your entrails out, and make you eat them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was out of sight on his belly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They send salty prayers up to Allah or the contents of their heaving bellies down to the fish. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

With my belly now full for the first time in a long time, I could think about something other than sickness and hunger. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst thing was the pain in his belly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Her body jerks; she’s on her side, her belly; the covers change shape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Later, Mariam was in the kitchen, soaking dishes in soapy water, a tightly wound knot in her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A movement caught her eye and she glanced up to see a least weasel washing his belly on the other side of the knoll. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reckon Parson Walthall was getting a belly full of them now. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped her on her back and held her down by her belly. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Julie puts down the tray and presents her belly to him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sherman and I crawled on our bellies, pushing in front of us our makeshift armor of corrugated tin taken from the blockhouse roof. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was not brave enough to take cold steel to his own belly, but a bite of mushroom would not be so hard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead he looked at her belly, as if he couldn’t bear to look at her face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Derby looked down at her swollen belly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent and grabbed handfuls of sand, throwing in rapid movements, and the sand fell on his shoulder, arms, belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was never clear to her, even then, whether she was speaking to the baby, or to her belly, or to herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In her belly, the baby kicked once, then turned over, as if settling into sleep. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She noticed the “we” in place of the “you,” and felt a warmth in her belly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do your duty, boy! Unless you want to be in the belly of one of those beasts!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then she got down on her belly and gazed at him with fondness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t his fault, then. Wasn’t because he wasn’t trying to feed you. That man shoveled snow in zero weather when he ought’ve been in bed just to put food in your belly.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The bat swooped over Boots, lightly brushing her finger with its belly fur, and then soared back into the air in a loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the radio off and came over and held her head against his belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have fasted now one day, and my belly screams, A week! The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She cannot fall asleep without stroking her mother’s belly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Tally touched her belly ring, where Shay had clipped the little sensor. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He tried to fly to her, but the chains snapped taut as he rose and slammed him down onto his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my belly, Otto squealing at my back, and scrambled behind a ruined wall. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were two girls showing each other their tattoos and belly button rings. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the floor, rubbed circles on her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I rolled onto my belly, dropped my face over the side of the upper bunk and blurted out to Bobby Gene, “I don’t care what Dad says. I don’t want to be ordinary.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A sunbeam spotlighted the rise and fall of his white belly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At night, I could rock her alone in the hush of my room, rest her on my belly, and wish she were inside. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Her belly had been opened to locate the bleeding, and her chest too, for open heart massage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The round belly that I once loved to wrap my arms around is caved in, showing his rib cage. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rode down a long sweeping slope where a scattering of huge, ragged-topped liveoaks stood about in grass so tall that it dragged against the underside of Jumper’s belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came out just like I went in, feet first and belly down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cut open the belly and lifted out the warm liver, the “candy” of her people. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, one of her annoying superstitions. You were still in my belly. It had something to do with a baby getting bad luck if the mother looks at the dead.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t eat and she wouldn’t drink and her fat little belly shriveled up against her spine, and even her tail showed the articulations through the skin. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slammed the locker shut, her belly full of lightning. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The woman down there had no mind, she had only strong arms, a warm heart, and a fertile belly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I’d crush you,” he said simply, easing his legs over the side one by one, and lifting his belly over the wood with his hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She hugs Geak tight to her chest, as if trying to push her baby back into her belly to spare her from the pain. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a thin pink scar stretching from his back to his swollen belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Alphie has the marmalade all over his face and hair and a good bit on his legs and belly. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Ooh! I love a little belly fat on a girl.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was grinning broadly, and the sight set off a fluttering in Sarai’s belly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the knife and hacked a chunk out of the fish’s belly. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we leaned against the wall, our bellies distended before us, and awaited the unknown. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could feel the weak legs wrapped around my belly tense and tremble. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A round belly isn't a sign of success. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A few men pulled the shark up higher by ropes and pulleys, and I followed the length of the shark’s white belly from nose to tail. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to get everyone in my group to run, but the boy with the big belly could not move. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they sound so close that Marie-Laure fears they might graze the rooftops, knock over chimneys with their bellies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then there was a deafening roar.The pigeons swirled into the air, and all the animals, except Napoleon, flung themselves flat on their bellies and hid their faces. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

That it would arrive he did not doubt; Cerse.i was not like to forget him, and even Jaime might be vexed to find a quarrel in Father’s belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He lay flat on his belly and tried to lift his weight by his hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The driver opens a valve in the belly of the truck and a golden stream of grain begins to flow down a chute into the bowels of the mill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I walked inside, into the crowded hallways, and all sorts of boys and girls, and teachers, came up and hugged me and slapped my shoulder and gave me little punches in the belly. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every chance he got he was reared back in Joe’s swivel chair trying to thrust out his lean belly into a paunch. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The walking seemed easier now that Salva had something in his belly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s known her so long, his first home was her belly. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

When I got to it, I went down and pushed along on my belly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is about six inches long and very slimy, with a greenish-grey skin on top and an orange-coloured belly underneath. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She walk, and all the Oyo mens, they love her in they belly; they want her in they arms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A surge of jealousy roiled Anya’s belly—she still didn’t have any magic, water or otherwise—but she managed to smile. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She saw a roof go up, flames licking at the belly of the night with hot orange tongues as the thatch caught. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He patted himself somewhere between his heart and belly. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Crushed acorns? My belly hurts, but that will only make it worse. Leave me be, sister. I’m dreaming of roast chicken.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I moved back a little, stared at her belly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But they laughed louder than ever, Lyddie the loudest of all, until the tears of laughter and relief ran down her thin cheeks, and her belly cramped and doubled over. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Imagining a fire, he dragged his way forward again1 on his belly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He pulled away, but when she stretched out he dove back into her belly fur again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she had a belly button: She couldn’t explain how. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the distance, tiny specks enter the belly of the other bug ship, set to leave shortly after us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Handsome One squawked in protest, then fluffed himself out and began preening his belly feathers as if to show he didn’t need my assistance. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis from the barbershop next door stands out front, his arms folded over his big belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He longed to make Harrison lie down on his belly and flog, flog, flog him until the man learned to keep his mouth shut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Hagen came scrambling down the watchtower steps, a wolfling’s arrow caught him in the belly and sent him plunging headfirst to the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He patted his belly, which was the size of an overinflated basketball. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The old man had a stooped back, a sagging belly, and a concerning amount of white hair peeking out of his ears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were so many questions swirling around in Ophie’s mind, but it was the loudest one that caused Ophie’s shoulders to droop and dread to weigh heavily in her belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

With deft hands, she slices open their bellies, pulls out their goopy organs, and washes their flesh in a bucket so they’re ready for roasting. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aching in my belly was like wash being wrung so tightly, there wasn’t a drop of water left in the clothes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The big crow can peck the little crows,” growled a voice behind him, “but has he belly enough to fight a man?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was talking to one of the girls with the belly button ring, and she seemed like she was in a movie. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I did see what Anatole meant about the snakes and hens too close together in a place like that: you could trace the belly scales of hate, and come up howling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother placed the slim brick of cash beneath her skirt, tucked tight against her belly, and I followed her out looking all around for any sign of trouble. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I flop over onto my belly and snuggle into my blankets. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The great yellow rolls of his flesh doubled over his breasts and over his belly and in the mountains of his cheeks his eyes were small and sunken as a pig’s eyes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Angelo made a shallow cut across the pig’s belly and began to gently work the hide loose. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was even more amazed I managed to talk back to him while I scrubbed my belly button and my stomach jiggled like some sort of gelatinous non-humanoid life-form. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Pong liked to picture himself as a grown man with a good job and a full belly, lounging in the back of that slick speedboat, with Somkit at the wheel. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I inch forward at my belly, pulling my back up, trying to sit. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She stroked the tails, prodded the bellies, pried apart the gutted flesh. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was wind, wind like the sound of a train, with the low belly roar of a train. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn ran and slid under the Nightbeast and slashed its neck to its belly with her spiked gloves, coming out on the other side and throwing a stream of incendio fire at its tail. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tickle her belly, then hug her tight and rock. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

But then I saw Willie sliding on his belly down the way and into the Eez-On-In, the little soul food place. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a strange, swollen place in my lower belly. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He stood on the steep bank above the water turbines, contentedly puffing on a cigar, looking over his portly belly at the river below. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Women with swollen bellies began coming to the house and begging Mother to deliver their babies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Pax ate steadily, until finally, seven eggs swelling his shrunken belly taut, he dropped to the sandy apron in front of the dens and closed his eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Silently he cursed the Storm God for his malice, his rage a black stone in his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And the food that wasn’t in my belly. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I took deep breaths of the cool air to try and clear my thoughts and calm my belly. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was more like a monster deep in the bowels of her belly, roaring and clawing to get out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was pregnant again, and her belly pressed against the fabric of her dress and strained the seams that zigzagged down the sides, where bits of flesh showed pale and soft between the stitches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The foyer looks up into the belly of the house. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I placed my hands on her enormous belly, and she didn’t flinch or move away from my touch at all. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

You don’t remember growing too big for your shirt, but sure enough, there’s your belly button, sticking out for the whole wide world to see. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It took Falconer squarely in the belly and drove in halfway to the hilt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her belly button had turned into an alien. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as old Maurice opened the doors, he'd see me with the automatic in my hand and he'd start screaming at me, in this very high-pitched, yellow- belly voice, to leave him alone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He began to back away, slowly, belly to the sand, giving that same singsong whine. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was still on my belly when I turned and saw Bunny running up the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother is freed from the belly of the wolf. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The men were all of a height, with long legs and flat bellies, every muscle as sharply etched as if it had been chiseled out of stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to suck her finger, to lick honey from her nipple, to smear ice cream on her belly, as though it was not enough simply to lie bare skin to bare skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pouring out a little hole just to the right of her belly button. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The train seemed to plunge downhill now, only to lunge to a stop that shot me out upon a platform feeling like something regurgitated from the belly of a frantic whale. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they seemed gratified, as Mayor Don Carter, who was one of those to go big-time belly up, put it, to have taken a “chance in the free enterprise market.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let that floaty feeling move into every part of me: my arm and legs, my belly, blotting out the pain as another pin slid inside my skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly His belly was a rounded lump stuffed full of honey and beeswax. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would anyone want a belly piercing?” he asked, genuinely appalled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Beau scampered around, happy with snow under his paws and a ham and cheese sandwich in his belly. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Arize’s wrapper was pushed low, below her waist, and her blouse was loose-fitting to accommodate the swell of her belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cat was some distance away, belly to ground and tail twitching excitedly, stalking his breakfast. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kneeled down and pressed the palm of my hand against the pig’s belly above the nipples. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His back was as blue as a sword fish’s and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His hands commenced shaking, he busted out in a sweat and looked like his belly was aching him bad. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Is poison water. Is bad water from the ditch that make my baby belly swell so,” says Marie, Lagurie’s woman, carrying her youngest on her hip, her child sad with bellyache. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the vibration amplified in the belly of the ship, like the menacing tone of a cello. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground on his belly and flopped over on his back. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with a bitter wind pushing me along and a couple fresh pills cushioning the march, I had to squat down and run a finger up the bird’s soft belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He made his own hands into claws and pretended to pinch Ess in the belly until she laughed out loud, a grunting, easy laugh. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Make sure you tell whoever’s looking after him tonight to rub his belly. It seems to help. And to change the dressing on his blisters. One of them is oozy.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

His favorite way to kill you was to pull you face-first into his bottomless belly and smother you. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

At last, Jinny felt her breath weakening, so she turned to float, belly up, to rest on the ripples. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Full bellies, the warm crackling fire, the rain pattering on the roof and falling gently on the sand pulled them together and held them close. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people are gathered about the fire, their bellies full and content. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then each of them lowered a ramp from its belly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My little Suli idealist. All you need is a full belly and an open road?” he said, the mockery clear in his voice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"School's out in a few days, Horace. I'm coming up to the gym and see if I can whip some of that belly off you." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his two large flat hands on his shrunken belly, and a pale green light came into his eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Rocky rolled the carcass belly up and spread open the hind legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The facts overwhelmed me and wrenched my already aching belly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I shimmied up, belly to the wood, butt pulled down tight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, waiting for his wife to give the ready sign, Bull poured himself a cup of coffee, drank it black, and felt the heat surge into his belly and flood through his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we watched, the guy in armor stabbed the dummy through its belly and ripped upward. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or I would slip into her bed while she napped and fall asleep in the warm curve of her belly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But without blueprints he would have to navigate the belly of this ship unaided. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There was certainly a hogs belly full of things to tell about her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She puts her hands on her big belly like she needs to protect it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I bet it’s just your nerves. You keep ’em buried in your belly. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The terror of the dreaming he had done on this bed was gone, uprooted from his belly; and the woman had filled the hollow spaces with new dreams. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Great big folds of flesh hung down from his massive belly and dangled in dollops over each other along his four thick legs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He swallowed the last piece of jerky and felt it roll with the urgency and excitement in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lie I told him about Heather is a stone in my belly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I hear you and Muthu belly laughing together on our bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he halted, staring at my bloody belly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It groaned along like an arthritic dinosaur and dumped the contents of the tanks into its cavernous belly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you ever notice the keyhole on the belly of the unicorn?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They wore only shorts, and each one’s belly button was the size of a small balloon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Floundering on its belly, it was like a vast metallic whale spouting smoke instead of seawater. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He saw Ulf go down with a crossbow bolt through the belly as he ran for the Great Hall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Their mothers were neighbors and were pregnant at the same time, so the two of them met while they were still in their mothers’ bellies. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My belly growled and grumbled in its cage. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't look down at her own body but carefully moved her hands to rest there on what had been her own taut, swollen belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Despite my heavy belly, my steps are light, lifted with new hopes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But Alyce minded little, for she thought not of her tasks but of Edward’s face and the abundance of bread and cheese up at the manor looking for a hungry boy’s belly to fill. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made it to almost five months before she woke at two a.m. with a terrible stillness in her belly, like the silence after a bell has stopped ringing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s calmer now, air sucks evenly into her lungs, we lean forward, tensed, the muscles in our backs and bellies hurt from the strain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined then that if a man could bring the drought, he could also return the water, out of his own belly, out of his own body. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wriggled its belly farther into the coals, almost like it was fidgeting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she poked his belly with so many greats, Frank rolled onto the floor to escape the tickling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His guayabera hung open, splayed to either side of his gigantic belly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jaime noticed his sister’s belly and went to see his mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shakes his floppy head and rubs his belly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The fire traveled down into the Dragon's belly. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was short and squat and a bit bulbous about the belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He laid the point of his sword between Daenerys's breasts and slid it downward, over the curve of her belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mia looked down at her belly, as if she herself were bewildered to find it there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And he laughs, making the fat on his belly shake. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head was mine, and the inside of the belly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The other mother was huge—her head almost brushed the ceiling—and very pale, the color of a spider’s belly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They rolled, teeth clipping at tender ears, hind claws digging for purchase in soft belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The man was completely shackled on his belly. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Red-tailed hawks would like to eat those snakes. We have red-tailed hawks all over. Those white bellies sticking out all over the place,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She placed a hand on her belly and frowned. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Tayo jumped up and broke a beer bottle against the table; and before they could stop him, he shoved the jagged glass into Emo’s belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig was lying across the wire, which came out under his belly and seemed to disappear into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It had fallen into the mouth of one of the eagles. All the way down its throat and into its hollow belly. A hungry eagle indeed!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Señora Oralia’s laugh was loud and boisterous from deep in her belly like it had been stored there, waiting for this specific moment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Fireworks explode in my belly when she bursts through the door of the little ruined house, eyes shining, face beaming. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was as bare as the Happy Buddha’s belly, except for the neat rows of stiff curls that hugged her head. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mami wore a printed dress she called a muumuu, which stretched across her pregnant belly like a round plot of exotic flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clara insisted, getting out of the car with difficulty, holding up her enormous belly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Dub spent every night with his ear pressed to his wife’s stomach, listening to the movements in her belly. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So she brought her army of dragons into the belly of the mountain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Carrie spent several weeks looking smug and mysterious, rubbing her hand on her belly, before Mr. Avengard, the vice principal, called an assembly to address the entire grade. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers picked it up and felt its smooth belly and sharp pointed tip. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Jacquel tied off the intestines, glistening and snakelike in her belly, below the stomach and deep in the pelvis. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The christening gown rose up and swirled around my hips, the warm water hitting me at my belly button. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The tiny puppy, motionless but for its labored breathing, lay in the curve of her belly, the way any puppy would. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And then Jasmine Stanger made her own morning announcement, that she had to take her belly button ring out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kin lowered Håkon to the ground gently, setting him on his belly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The man’s dead words fell like bricks around the audi-torium and too many settled in my belly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a hard ball in the centre of his belly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then we talk about food, trying to use our minds to fill our bellies. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was crouching and the rest of us were down on the floor on our bellies and he was telling us to get down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through Barth's recommendation, Dasch soon found himself sitting in the office of a baby-faced man with thinning blond hair and a big belly. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Oklahoma BBQ takes its time and sits heavy in your belly for more than a day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The tears pushed up from somewhere deep in his belly, shifted into his throat, and then dribbled out like water from a leaky faucet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we found, near the bowl, a stiff, hairy rat with a distended belly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke in the night with a strange, uncomfortable feeling in my 261 lower belly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A burst of fury shoots up from Scoob’s belly like a geyser to the brain. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But Ben stayed close to him, his chest almost against his father’s belly, their sweat commingling and their breaths crossing like two alien winds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany stroked the swell of her belly gently, wishing she could reach him, touch him, soothe him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Marty got a giant Top Quark pool, it was inflatable and huge, and the pool was in Top Quark’s belly? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ropes of tom flesh hung from the great wound in his belly, yet there was no blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The rough edges scraped against my legs and belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A man she’d met before bellied up a couple of seats down the bar. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A little motor in my belly revved up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Rub your belly and pat your head at the same time? Recite the alphabet backward?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dad’s anger was like a spear to our bellies. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To Adam who was an instrument, who saw not the future farms but only the torn bellies of fine humans, it was revolting and useless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she looked up again from her watch, a man with a button-up shirt stretched over his belly stood in front of her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his belly, his chin resting on his hands, looking at Barbarossa as if he were some strange animal who had just crawled out of the canal and crept into Ida's house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s getting pretty well acquainted with my belly button. What’d you, tuck it in your waistband or something?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We had picked this direction because it allowed our navigational instruments, which were in the belly of Columbia, to point at the stars. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been captive in them for so long, stuck in their belly like Jonah. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man, Jim, was skinny all over—arms, face, neck—but he had a big belly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The silence was inside, in his belly; there was no longer any hurry. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The crow demon wasn't giving up, and Idiptu had to beat him in with his fists until, with a puff of black feathers, he disappeared all the way into Nergal's belly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then I heard it: a scraping noise, like something large dragging its belly through the leaves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Holding her belly, she sits in the backseat of the taxi, while Lina, up front, tells the driver to hurry. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t hanging upside down from the belly of a sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next evening, with a full belly, I wrote Caitlin a letter. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“There were some stinging belly flops, but the pain was worth it when our leader handed us the coveted dagger with its inscription blood and honor. From that moment on, we were fully accepted.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Squeezing my arms and stroking my belly and up to my chest. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The giant was bleeding himself, with sword cuts on his belly and his arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I reach down to my belly button and make sure there’s no wound, even though I know that there’s no wound. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Javier releases Dad’s leg and runs to peek out into the ship’s belly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Those came home shorter by a head. So you tell me, boy ... if these wildling friends o’ yours prove false, do you have the belly to do what needs be done?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Through one patch a white cow was plodding, seemingly up to her belly in blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how much easier it is to think productively when your belly is full. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The heavy bag was swinging wildly on its chain as the boy with the enormous belly battered it with fists as big as cantaloupes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a woman purchase a street pretzel and my belly groans, on cue, issuing its vote. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At Warings, Hooper slept, flat on his belly, his mind blank, but on the floor below, his father moved and tossed, excited by dreams. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She and I are on the floor now, rubbing Bieber’s belly. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The thought of a hanging turned my belly, but Colonel Regan would likely be there. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Queen’s men, king’s men, and black brothers sat at their separate tables, some bent over bowls of porridge, others filling their bellies with fried bread and bacon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I laid him over my knees and blew stiffly into his face and belly, trying to convince him nothing was wrong. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"If I had thought to see war again in my lifetime, I should have eaten a few less eels," he'd told Catelyn when he met her ship, slapping his massive belly with both hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Something hisses deep in the building’s belly as though a massive snake is about to strike. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at them on the bed, knocked over sideways or on their bellies. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at her hands clasped on her small belly. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

What I feel in my belly is different somehow—the hunger of someone who's suddenly remembered what fullness feels like. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could not eat nor drink a thing for my belly was tied up with fear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the belly of my shadow and listened to the strokes spaced and tranquil along the sunlight, among the thin, still little leaves. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was like I knew, and that certainty planted itself in my belly like a warm secret. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this led up to the day Desdemona dangled a utensil over my mother’s belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were also graced by the presence of little children running around totally naked except for a string of beads around their bellies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We let Quinby eat until she looked over at us, her belly swollen, her eyes glazed, and gave a contented belch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The pregnant woman’s belly is like a huge fruit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His card key bounced against his tubby belly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A stab went through her, so sharp that Sansa sobbed and clutched at her belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She stepped closer to the cattle, bending down to inspect their bellies and legs, walking a half circle in the muddy snow, looking at all of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The panting ogress crawled and then scooted forward on her belly, wheezing and choking. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Something tugs at my belly and I turn to the back window, looking for that lady again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A gate slides up, and I enter the enormous belly of a circus, the space lit up with hundreds of dangling bulbs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I narrowed my eyes as my belly revved and rolled. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Years from now, our descendants will be telling stories about the hero Frank Zhang, their great-, great-, great She poked him in the belly for old times’ sake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hubbard was marching in place, like a soldier, marine, pounding, pounding, iron pipes, sledgehammers, belly, chest, throat, chin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ghost ran toward them—an old man with a medicine- ball belly and toga so long he kept tripping on it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I swallowed my pill without water and could feel it roll, then stumble, then roll a little more, then stumble all the way down my throat and vanish into my belly. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needle went through his leather jerkin and the white flesh of his belly and came out between his shoulder blades. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was nothing miraculous about the storm in my belly. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He is a round man: round head, round eyes, round nose, round belly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Boseman flew back, a black flower blooming suddenly on his belly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I play better with a full belly and a cup of wine to hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was gonna take more than a grouchy old bald-headed guy with a tremendous belly to run me out of here. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He lay on his belly and looked through his binoculars at the soldiers in the meadow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

When Kurtsinger slid off in the winner’s circle and reached down to unlatch the girth, he was horrified to discover his colt’s belly and hoof dripping with blood. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already I can feel slight pains, in my belly, and my breasts are heavy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that same moment, something settles in my belly and I need to remind him that this is not a date. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I saw the woman’s swollen belly and it was my belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Blue liquid seeped out of a wound in its belly staining the stone floor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"No, ma'am," I replied, trying to act casual as I smiled down at her, and her extended belly. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I love the feel of the sun on my belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

By the time their bellies were full, the stars had come out and a half-moon was rising over the mountains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A lump grows inside my throat and a creepy feeling spreads through my belly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The regular doorman was off duty that night, and with Mia’s coat nestled around her, the night doorman didn’t seem to notice her belly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sheriff hoisted his belly sideways to show off his gun. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fire went back into the bombs, which rose up and into the bellies of planes whose propellers turned backward, like the second hands of the clocks across Dresden, only faster. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed the feather beds bellying out of windows, clothes of Oriental-bright colors drying on the fire escapes and the half-naked children playing in the gutters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new bosslady in the kitchen was named Sarah, a black-haired gal with a baby in her belly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's a day where no matter what you put in your belly, it's never enough. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With the right hand, she rubs her mother’s belly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She felt a warning quiver in her belly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were naked; the taut globes that were their bellies would not fit in a shirt anyway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her belly was so huge that it could barely be supported by her fragile frame. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there are no tortillas, they try to fill their children’s bellies with a glass of water with a teaspoon of sugar mixed in. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One of them is vastly pregnant; her belly, under her loose garment, swells triumphantly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But finally the old one-eyed wolf lay down and showed his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Luna kissed the lady on the cheek, as was customary, and quickly touched the mound of belly, feeling the child leap inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He says, “Mostly, I dreamed about being squished. You know how some dreams blend in pieces of real life? And there was something about the belly of a dog. And I think it was Moonie.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I smoothed the cloth of my breeches over my belly, which was still as flat as any boy’s. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Took so much of me, I fainted before I could fill my belly. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mom told me her neighbor back home had pigeons who could do full loops or fly with their bellies up. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So when she convulsed with laughter again, muffling it with her hands, I started to laugh too, my belly shaking as I tried not to make any noise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she tugged at the sleeves of my shirt, carried my hands to her belly, slid them under her shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She goes down, flat on her belly, only a few inches away from the unconscious woman. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And in the belly of this story the rituals and the ceremony are still growing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

From its belly issues a flock of white growing slowly larger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She almost forgot her belly sensor, but clipped it on just before she left. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Mari,” Will said, scratching Sally’s belly. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were mainly on his shoulders and around his belly button. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was going to drown me in his belly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Throat and chest had been tom apart, and glistening green entrails and ribbons of ragged flesh dangled from where the belly had been opened. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sorbonne threw back his head and laughed from deep down in his belly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Maya belly flops onto her bed and grabs a controller off the floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He quickly pulled his shirt down to hide his belly, which pushed uncomfortably against the waistband of his stretchy shorts. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She rearranged the furniture to better accommodate the growing belly of the expectant lady, and rearranged the kitchen supplies so she wouldn’t have to reach as far. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her belly was empty, her feet sore and blistered, and it seemed to her that the cramping had grown worse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He didn't like the idea of climbing a mountain with nothing but green bananas in his belly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She tilted her head back and opened her mouth, drinking in the cold drops until her belly was full. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black hand fumbled at his face, another at his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can see his hairy belly when he lifts his arms. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Amari touched Mrs. Derby’s bulging belly and declared, “Baby come quick—very soon.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That look burned clear down to my belly. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see the shark’s white belly stretched out at the bottom of the harbor, as though its weight had split the bands and the shark had just sunk to the seafloor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A man with monogrammed shirts, a maid, a mansion, and all he wanted was to finger her belly button. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After several minutes, he stuck out his belly and scratched at it to show he was full. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I turn to my right to get across the street and run straight into the round belly of a man with a big camera pressed to one eye. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean just bellies and butts, but huge bulges in completely exotic locations, like the backs of the neck and the knees. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thin line of down from her belly button led over the gentle curve of the base of her belly, to her dark triangle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wrote their names upon their leaves, fastened them to their breast pockets, and bellied up to the long oak table that served as our communal desk. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And in that moment, something stirs deep in my belly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He barks “Todd!” in agreement but when I come near he curls his tail as far under his belly as the new length will go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Why do I have a belly full of coals?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A strip of hide came off the zebra’s belly like gift-wrap paper comes off a gift, in a smooth-edged swath, only silently, in the way of tearing skin, and with greater resistance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mami fed us broths, and in the evening, a bland, watery boiled rice that at least stuck to our bellies and calmed the roiling inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, Shawn and I saddled the horses and fought our way up the mountain, the horses half-jumping to clamber through snowdrifts that reached their bellies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was her place in this world for right now, and though her belly would likely never be full, her heart was content. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It all goes together in our bellies anyway.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Yam and manioc taste lovely blended with rice, she says, and smiles, as if I don’t know how the poor fill their children’s bellies. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had pitied her, watching her belly swell, knowing that her rat of a boyfriend had taken off and left her high and dry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mushie threw up his arms, and the little baby toddled over, climbing up his belly so she rested up near his neck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But not just her belly—her fingertips and toes, eyes and ears—lightning and thunder and bone-soaking rain and darkening clouds. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The belly of one is ripped open, the guts trail out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt her breasts and grazed the waistband of her underwear, and she stroked his belly and chest and back. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They’d blocked her intestines and made her belly swell like she was six months pregnant. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It had strange, unfamiliar smells and sounds that seemed to gurgle from its belly. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The larger guard took off his hat and scratched his belly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He handed the ball off to Guilmet, slapping it into his belly, and then hung in there, waiting for Carter to lunge through the line. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Returning to the village late in the day, with her baskets and belly full of apples, Alyce cut through the manor field, near where the villagers had dug a pit for the quarrying of gravel. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were only going to have that belly for nine months, and then it’d all be over. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Scruggs threw himself down on his belly and fired blindly into the dense jungle foliage. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Fig blinked, an obvious nod to my situation, and resumed grooming his belly with steady determination. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Three mice swelled Pax’s belly and a muskrat dangled from his mouth, his first large prey. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I lead earlier and score a direct hit on the point plane, blasting a hole in its belly. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then sprang, stretching out and out, feeling the air ruffle his belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have worked anyway,” Harley was saying in a loud voice; “between this beer belly of mine and her big belly, there would have been too much distance!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then you looked at the belly of the bird, which was spouting thick red blood all over the dark feathers. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I probably wasn’t even thinking about how a stomach is a balloon full of stew, gurgling around behind your belly button. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give him the belly meat of a big fish,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both walked and hunged our heads low as the belly on a fat snake and didn’t talk ’bout nothing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

More than that, it was worth a full belly every night for half a month. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I settled back on the couch and ran my hand over Fig’s rising belly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The children had stopped playing and now looked silently at the car, their arms behind their backs and their new over-sized overalls pulled tight over their little pot bellies as though they too were pregnant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not tied her wrapper over her nightdress, and I could make out the downward slope of her breasts, the slight swell of her belly underneath the sheer fabric. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Father sucked in his belly, sucked back the words that would have come next. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I slumped to the hall carpet and a feeling like molten magma churned in my belly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a hunger, greater than comes from the belly alone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he raised his wings and splashed his belly in the water, sending a spray of drops everywhere and cawing in pleasure to be taking such a fine bird bath. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

From my angle I was a girl again, white belly, dark triangle, foreshortened legs shaved smooth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The great ribbed belly of the zeppelin bulked over the bomb, straining at its cables in the wind, its silver sides running with moisture. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed, with Luke, his hand on my rounded belly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night wolf had feasted, but that would not fill the blind girl’s belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Same face, same height, a bit more bulge to his belly. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you all really so desperate that you’d stake everything on him? Why, he’s just a boy—a soft- bellied normal who knows next to nothing of our world!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then Calista showed me how to make changes, whatever I wanted, like giving the man muscles or a fat belly, or bending his arms or making him run, or anything. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bombers opened their bomb bay doors, exerted a miraculous magnetism which shrunk the fires, gathered them into cylindrical steel containers, and lifted the containers into the bellies of the planes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was thawed now, and the bellies and knees of those in the woods were damp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Through the thin counterpane she could see what was left of his belly huddled before him on the bed like some helpless thing seeking shelter. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He got flat on his belly and instructed Roy to hold his ankles. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having guzzled almost a whole pitcher of iced tea during lunch, he now felt like his belly was about to burst. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I drew a blobby version of me, a fraction of my real size, fingers and toes accounted for, stones in my belly, cute earrings, ponytail. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

His bulging eyes, wild hair, enormous dark belly, and animal-fang necklace made the barefoot figure more beast than human. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sensitivity remained: the ability to feel what the others were feeling in the belly and chest; words were not necessary, but the messages the people felt were confused now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Combat medicine was torn flesh, gaping belly wounds, splintered bones, burns, blood, and agony. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I longed for the day when I would have toys to play with and enough food to stuff my belly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, little baby girl,” my mother said in bed, touching her belly and already speaking to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Quickly she hid three goblets in her bellying dress to carry with her while I tagged along in my bewilderment. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, hands shooting down to her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The mutts fall to their bellies and skitter toward us on all fours. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It scurries about,” I continue, “eating every last leaf to fill its little round belly, except...” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At 6:59 p.m. that following Thursday, I hear the doorbell from where I’m lying on my belly in the Sanctuary. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The camera, hovering in the belly of a helicopter, now swung down at an empty street. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the girl whose belly held a colorless winter melon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let him nest his fingertip in her belly button. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the gleam in Buffo’s eyes as he came clumping after her, spewing flecks of mint, his massive belly bouncing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Even Donna comes into the room just to drop her body onto Chantal’s, hold her belly, and laugh from a deep, joyful place. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled the largest fish off the stringer and held it in one hand with its white belly facing up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He got a belly, too, I know it’s a shame the way that man eats. I sure ain’t asked him to shovel no snow for me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But he still had the stout shoulders, the thick torso, the strong hands, the swollen belly that entered the room before any other part of him did. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We did not understand how dozens of foot-long white worms got into our bellies and made them ache. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Many have their bellies swollen up like balloons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a lodger would return in the belly of another lodger. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She yielded to the stroke, and then heaved up the great bag of her belly high above Sam’s head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi walked over to me, standing so close that I if I puffed out my belly, it would touch his body. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slid fifteen feet on my belly across one such slick. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swings the silver-tipped cane under her belly and behind her front legs, essentially threatening her with it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This Tommy’s dad was a jovial, beer- bellied veteran of Iwo Jima who sold Mack trucks. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled it up on to her belly, and it lay curled there, butt in the air, feet precisely tucked one under the other. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a nose for gold, but whether he had the belly for battle was another question. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother, with her round belly and easy smile. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He lowers it again, resting it on his rounded belly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Half the time, her skirt would flip right over her belly, leaving her pink underwear showing. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a bright yellow T-shirt that’s tight across his belly, and jeans that are baggier than they need to be. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Lone shirtmen crouched upon the shore, firing at the fleet, then falling upon their bellies and disappearing before there could be answer to their impertinence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I held him close to my face, breathing in his feathery belly, trying to reassure both of us. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We had shelter, some food in our bellies, the bodies and eyes and affections of children who were not yet aware of how things were. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It spread up my belly all the way to my nipples. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The older woman arched her back and rubbed her rounded belly. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was she who, after breakfast, before bath time, and at bed, nuzzled Mirabelle’s soft belly until the baby gurgled with laughter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She shut the closet door and leaned against it, dressed in skinny jeans and a dolman sleeved indigo blue top that showed her belly button. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Momma became a member of Christ Temple Church when she was in Nana’s belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And when in the course of time their promise of fertility was fulfilled, their bellies swelled, and their tattoos with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t be happy if we grew up with English accents but better an English accent than an empty belly. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sofía briefly considered a belly dancer or a girl who'd pop out of a cake. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Because Nsukka could free something deep inside your belly that would rise up to your throat and come out as a freedom song. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined myself in crop tops around town, or in a bikini by the pool, my belly ring catching the sunlight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My leotard barely stretched over my protruding belly and my thighs touched no matter how hard I begged them not to. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He gagged as he pushed the door open, and something gave way in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t keep her hands from drifting to her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A yellow-and-black burying beetle, crawling across the white fur of his belly, stopped, waved its short, curved antennae and then moved on again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dimness her outline appeared, the rise of her breasts beneath the T-shirt, the soft hill of her belly, and then the brightness of her underpants, converging in their V shape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This baby in my belly makes me forgetful, one little girl had said. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he got home, he would have a bowl of fresh milk, which would keep his belly full until suppertime. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob is on my belly, but he isn’t asleep. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I can feel the scream of happiness waiting in my belly. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My belly clenches involuntarily, but once we get close, I see it’s entirely different. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob flips to his belly to look out of his small window. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Derby smiled at him, touched her belly, and let the matter drop. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t hard to tell how come that belly was so full. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lumpy trembled and scooted back on his belly. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” he whispered to the squeaking, squirming pile of them, nosing their mother’s belly. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rhaego was restless in her belly, kicking like a stallion, yet even that did not stir Drogo's interest as it had. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He eyed her belly and said, ‘Tm not sure if that’s a great idea.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Ofglen feels what I do, pain like a stab, in the belly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand, like the powerful and barely restrained paw of a cougar, touched her belly, her breasts, her throat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now whenever trouble is coming, Tatica feels a glimmer of the old burning in the centipede trail on her belly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled on the rails of the bedstead, as if she were stretching, but her knees were folded up to her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She draws him motionless, peeking out from behind a trash can or the soft hill of my belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There were stretch marks on her belly from the children she had borne, and her breasts were not as firm as they had been when she was younger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I poke Rue in the belly, just like I would Prim. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I smoothed my loose blouse close to my belly and tied it in back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His belly was large; it must have been a struggle to button up his shirt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the baker has sought them out, especially now that Peeta and I are a team, and made good on his promise to keep my sister's belly full. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fie was on his back flashing the white fur on his belly that signaled I give up! and no one, not even the pups, could strike him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unwrapped him, laid him on the tickling towel, powdered him between his legs, joked with him, patted his little jelly belly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hauled off and punched the horse in the belly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nuzzled Fig’s belly as his entire body pulled away in protest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had that same huge grin that was about to break into a deep belly laugh. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The boar buried his snout in Barsena’s belly and began rooting out her entrails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the most noticeable thing to me about him was how thin and starved looking he was, all but for his belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard dropped his belly down in the saddle and rode as hard as he could. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just push farther into the Bureau compound, farther and farther into the belly of the beast. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Muff smoothed her hair behind her ears and slid a hand to her round belly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She taught Baby how to take cover if there was no time for the bunker—to lie flat on her belly, hands wrapped around her head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as he knelt, he felt a stirring through his hands, knees, and belly. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I thought I would use the hatchet to remove the tough belly shell, but it proved easier with the sawtoothed edge of the knife. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Morning brought rain to ease the cold, and the kick of a boot in Brat’s belly. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at her until I can feel the familiar rise of my arms, my belly rounded out beneath me, and up we go. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A can of Coke rested on his hairy belly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Or, Stabbed her with a knitting needle, right in the belly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At each turn of the road there were great standing stones that had been carved in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting cross-legged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Harry felt a sick, swooping in his belly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But there was no longer any life in his belly, and his voice sounded thin like the creaking of ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The days started to fill, Nelson was bom, and two years later, Noris, and soon I had a third belly growing larger each day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay on her belly, arms tucked under her and held close against the relative cool of the night. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the morning we’d had, filling my belly with papaya and sitting in the grass and staring at nothing sounded fine. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Who shall hold her accountable, given these tumults, for pleading her belly to delay the fall of the terrible sentence? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I want to remove her hand from my belly, but I know she’ll get mad again. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Above my head the horses panted, their bellies swelling and collapsing, their hooves pawing at the dirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The clouds churned violently overhead, their bellies rumbling with thunder, and lightning jumped across the sky. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Stretched on his belly, Sam spoke gently to Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ben is right beside me, and we both press our bellies against a thick ledge lining a huge black square hole. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Otto had grown a layer of soft black down, and his swollen malnourished belly had shrunk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mami stood at the mouth of the path, her fingers laced under her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then something strong—fiercely strong—gripped my right arm, still sunk inside the belly of the doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And of course it isn’t my belly button. Would I call an emergency meeting to show you a picture of my belly button?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I know I shouldn’t, but I glance down at my black sandals and my red suit stretched over my round belly. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There, in an arch just above his belly button, is his tattoo, painfully raw. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It took them fifteen minutes to work their way through the crowd, even with Jelly's belly leading the way. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his belly, clawing at the snow, he glimpsed the trees above, pale and snow-cloaked, the orange glow between. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As the snow softened in the afternoon sun, the hoofs of our yaks punched through the frozen crust, and the beasts wallowed to their bellies. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie nodded, a few shameful hot tears sliding down her cheeks as despair roiled in her belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I dreamed that I’d eaten a furry doughnut, and when I woke in the dark, I discovered a tiny puppy snoring on top of my belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Hunger of the body is altogether different from the shallow, daily hunger of the belly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thought about the bonobos back at the sanctuary, the mothers with their wide-eyed, bald babies wrapped around their bellies, and hoped that by some miracle they, too, were okay. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the Granger Gunners are finally giving the crowd something to cheer about, Kevin. When you start playing with a little fire in your belly, the atmosphere completely changes.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re doing a dance to an Indian song,” Dimple said, feeling a flurry of nerves in her belly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed felt the old excitement stirring in his belly—the jittery, gut-jumping anticipation of a good adventure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“So I took that picture of my foot, right? And he sent me his ankle. I sent my leg, and he sent his belly button, blah blah blah.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I may not have had any skill, but I had a belly full of rage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The video keeps going, and off-screen my dad’s chuckling while Khalid laughs and while I jump on his belly, giggling and toppling right over. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And up from her belly, after she lost her feet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Only nighttime—and his empty belly—could pull him from a treasure hunt like this. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could see the boy’s eyes now, and a knot of horror clenched in her belly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At this, Momly couldn't contain herself and let out a belly laugh. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Moments after eating, my belly growls for more, demanding sustenance that ain’t coming. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He plucked at my chest and my belly, but I could feel him in places his hands were nowhere near. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was good to share what there was and eat, good to have food in the belly, good to feel the dizziness replaced by well-being. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slopper’s hand shot up, exposing his round belly hanging out the bottom of his shrinking T-shirt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Justin stayed two days, filled his belly, and joined his relations in the north. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My fingers waggled, barely scraping the muddy fabric of the strange doll’s belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I felt it low and round in my belly, thin and quivering through my chest. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She warmed oil over the fire and rubbed her head and belly, as she had the cow’s. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms across the swell of her belly, protectively. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The wasp landed squarely on it now, almost embracing it with its black legs as it delivered another sting to the belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not precisely royal fare, but nourishing; it tasted good enough and wanned the belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I must be mad. He has a beer belly and Dracula teeth and a wife and children and he’s old.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Come in here, acting all high and mighty, like you’re better than us . . .” Her nightgown is bunched up around her belly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dany said a silent prayer that somewhere one of the Harpy’s Sons was dying even now, clutching at his belly and writhing in pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It marked a Pg on the belly of a pregnant woman. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No need to worry,” he chirps, putting a stethoscope to Ashima’s belly, patting her hand, admiring her various bracelets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped the saddle horn and squeezed my thighs together, curving my legs around his bulging belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Shirley and Jimmie are spread across the rug on the living room floor, lying on their bellies, coloring, their crayons scattered around them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That year Pedro Tercero had not grown as much as she had; he was the same thin, dark child as always, with the same protruding belly and the old man’s expression in his black eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dead dogs, cats and rats cluttered the roadside, or floated starkly on the waters with blown distended bellies. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osh and another surfman lifted a second sailor out of the belly of the boat and laid him on a waiting stretcher. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Which is interesting considering the amount of mad down inside Scoob’s belly. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass that the normal, happy event of dividing food after a hunt became a war of insults and rage and starving bellies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smitty and I fell to our bellies and scrambled like sand lizards to the only cover we could find, a little dip in the ground. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words felt like a kick in the belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The door in the belly of the enormous tree was slightly ajar. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The man with the goatee just laughed and patted the fat belly of one of the stone figures. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A tiny bird in her belly, unfolding wings, and taking flight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t turn it off till it was up past my belly button. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shark looked like a ghost with its white belly and broad fins stretched to the sky, reflecting the sunlight. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He must be lying on his belly and unable to turn over. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just ate, helped clean the dishes, and then walked our full bellies back to campus, thankful for the exercise. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Like if God was scratching His belly, just above the belt buckle, each finger would be a tornado. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My belly ached again, as if I were still at sea and the waves were throwing me off balance. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since Letha ate their memories, that was all they knew of their time in the citadel—the vague blur of the ink on their bellies, and all that it implied. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When she thought of him this way, she was overtaken with guilt, but also with a peculiar, warm sensation that spread upward from her belly until it felt as if her face were glowing pink. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Big Ma cooked food meant to stick to your insides and keep your belly full. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

On the drive down to San Antonio, he ate sunflower seeds until his belly ached, spitting their woody husks into an old paper cup. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I helped her bathe and dress—if Ferula didn’t beat me to it—and I felt infinitely sorry for her, so tiny and thin with that monstrous belly, as the moment of delivery approached. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and I look at each other, smiles giving way to deep belly laughs that I have to suppress so my new G-tube doesn’t hurt. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Coraline scratched and tickled the soft fur on its belly, and the cat purred contentedly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You know that small table where we keep the family Bible, nne? Your father broke it on my belly.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama laughs and pokes me in the belly. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was short, with a little round belly, and when he moved he seemed to favor his left leg a little. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She should have realized it earlier; Adanna’s belly was swollen and her skin was a sickly tone, much lighter than it was only weeks ago. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My belly and behind were as heavy as cold iron, but it seemed my head had gone away and pure air had replaced it on my shoulders. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he lay down, he pulled his knees tight up to his belly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’d lost much of his hair since turning fifty, and his belly, always undernourished in appearance, now suggested a shriveled emaciation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes widen, and I drop to my belly on the ground as the shots go off. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He lay flat on his belly and looked down a hundred feet into the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bees flew through me and told me to grab Campbell’s sword and run it through Lockton’s belly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita tugged at her wet shirt, squeezing out the water and pressing it down over her round belly to smooth it out, while Velia and Delia tried in vain to straighten out each other’s clothes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“How can you eat me? You’re too full to eat—all of you are. Your bellies are as heavy as sacks of melons.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold her, Alyce. Rub her head and belly. If we can but calm her, God will tell her and the calf what to do.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whiskers flipped over for a belly rub. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had seen Isagol’s belly swell with his child, of course, but after she was delivered of it, she had never mentioned it again. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I laugh so hard that my belly hurts; tears come out of my eyes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead he hiked to the stream and drank his belly full. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was as much as ever he could do to keep afloat, and when he reached the grating he rolled over in the water, belly uppermost, like a dying fish. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon gave one last hiss and stretched out flat upon his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled Dismay’s collar close to my belly and held myself as I sobbed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I began sliding backward along my belly to the frozen bank. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Past forty, I bet. And he has a bad belly. Do you think he'll be lord?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I lean into the hug, wrapping my arms around his belly. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or like I have a horribly distended belly, like an abscess, and have ventured to New York for surgery at one of their world-famous belly abscess hospitals. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled my loincloth, which was up over my belly, down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now it was a red-brown stoat with a cream throat and belly, and it glared at him as ferociously as the girl herself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stumbled backwards, she spun the spear around and drove its point through his belly with a grunt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I'm behind the bakery and I can feel the chill of the rain running down my back, the hollowness in my belly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Slopper managed a half smile that looked like he had gas and leaned away and into RiRi, who had fallen asleep near the warmth of the blaze, her belly full of stew. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His gums bled, his belly swelled, bruises covered his body. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Faint stirrings and distant sounds came to her from deep inside the belly of the Palace. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of the baby growing and moving in his wife’s swollen belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Of late Boros had grown notably heavier about the face and belly, and his color was not good. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He turned to Willow and spoke to the bump in her belly. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he cleared the harpoon line and let it run slowly through his raw hands and, when he could see, he saw the fish was on his back with his silver belly up. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I rolled over twice under the belly of the plane to the other wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had a delicate stomach, so he needed to eat yogurt with whatever we served to prevent it from blowing up in his belly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His vest, taut and stretched over his round stomach like a second skin, went slack over the depression of his belly button. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was black and pink; and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My stomach was making sounds, hollow rumbling sounds that seemed too loud, that would not stop even when I sucked in my belly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper stands up and raises his arms above his head, arching his back and pushing his round belly out as far as it can go. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He is feeling better with sweet trout in his belly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taste was strong and strange, but he gulped until his belly stretched tight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then everything went dark for a second in my head, and when I came to again, I felt such a gut-punch of pain in my belly that I dropped the phone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her belly was swollen with the kittens she’d have in just a few days. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A drawing that made little lightning bolts flash in her belly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The needle plunges into my belly button and sucks something out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fear engulfed Ben, its talons sliding down the tissues of his belly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air exploded and she stared up into the belly of the plane. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, in spite of the gin, the dull ache in his belly made consecutive thought impossible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I lifted up my shirt and showed her the bruises on my belly and ribs and back. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beetle liked to watch the cat stretching in the sunshine, combing his belly with his tongue, chewing the burrs and stubble out from between his toes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If either man had been standing against the cage, his belly would have been ripped open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When they’re really young they cling to her belly, and when they get older they ride on her back, like a jockey. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The plan is for Lee’s men to fill their empty bellies in Farmville, then march over High Bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

No excess flesh, a flat belly, small behind and smaller bosom—Rachael had been modeled on the Celtic type of build, anachronistic and attractive. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He puts his hands on my belly, which is swollen and hard. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bolt in the belly, my lord, and all for you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As they drew near the cottage, Ivy began to feel dread stirring in her belly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“My baby,” Mia would say to anyone who would listen, tapping her mother’s belly with a finger, and infallibly Warren would kick in reply. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lewis made a round motion with his hand in front of his belly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They might have frightened her with their big bellying laughter and hot tears and full bear hugs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curled up around her belly are five tiny kittens. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I go back to sleep, but wake up sometime in the dark belly of night. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hoping for the best, he let his belly go. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“How would you like me to cut your belly button out?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bastian takes back the length of hose from Rodel and drapes it around his neck and reaches underneath his belly to hitch up his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Standing onstage in the empty concert hall in Würzburg, learning how to tease the loudest voice out of my belly while Maria stands in the back row of the balcony. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She placed my hands on her belly and held my wrists. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ranee keeps her eyes on the ripeness of her daughter's belly and obeys the voices. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The girl extends her hand in front of and across Jay’s belly. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My muscles ached, my belly rumbled, my heart hurt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I watched the straightness of her as she moved, her long belly, the dark collapse below that. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doc’s a short man, round belly, don’t seem to practice what he preaches about eating right, but he’s got a kind heart, and he lays out some newspapers on his kitchen table. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julie hangs the IV bag of antibiotics next to me, her belly brushing up against my arm. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Matthias crouched low and spun, lodging his knife in the wolf’s belly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His weight, thanks to a glandular disorder and 50-pound tumors, swung from a comparatively petite 400 pounds to 540 pounds, packed mostly in a monstrous quaking belly that won him the nickname “Ten Ton” Irwin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany felt a sharp pain in her belly, a wetness on her thighs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It be like stomach cramps and bloated belly, like cravings and moods that change like spring days. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t scoot all the way up to the table because of her bulging belly, but she didn’t let that stop her from eating everything within reach—her salad, all the bread, Charlie’s salad. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I climbed out and staggered off into the bushes until I figured I was lost and nobody could find me, even if they wanted to drive a twelve-inch knife into my belly. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

To the depths of your belly, to the tips of your fingers. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

With the light of day shining through those stained-glass windows onto the gleaming bar top, I didn’t know whether to kneel down or belly up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could see glimpses of the long white belly between the bystanders. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smeath dozes in the maroon easy chair, his round belly swelling up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The reek of the mound is great, and at first though my belly is empty, I retch. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shot randomly, almost casually, quick little spurts in the belly and butt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little parasite bulged in Zooey's belly, and she rested her hands on it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was still staring at her belly when Sisi came in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kissed the Object’s belly and then slowly, gathering confidence, worked my way up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It looked, to them, like something from the Victorian era, balanced on a spindly tripod, with a pleated belly like a bellows and a dark cloth that Mia ducked underneath. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

King Robert sat with his guts spilling out on the table from die great gash in his belly, and Lord Eddard was headless beside him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Amari placed her hands on her belly, full of wonder and confusion. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, whenever he pulled up his shoulders, his round belly popped out in a comical arc. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The act of eating was a comfort to his shrunken belly, although a false one—the clover wouldn’t strengthen him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mother prayed to the small glass god with pink capsules in its belly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bald, with tattered ears, a narrow chest, a pot belly, and shriveled, spindly limbs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He grinned—his first real grin in days—and I felt something tug at my belly button. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The clamorous hunger in his belly seemed to justify him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“What is your plan, then?” said the bear, who was basking in the sunlight, his belly flat down in a patch of snow among the rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Otter sloop-of-war is hove to and careened in the channel while it undergoes repair; men crawl upon its belly, scraping at barnacles and repairing the work of the worm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The kimono was blue satin and it wrapped around her closely, outlining her hips and belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, I even played Mozart on some headphones and put them on my belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The only way she could store the meat was inside her round belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The swelling in his belly had gone down a bit, and he felt much better. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On family vacations in Belize, I’d seen girls on the beach with belly rings, and I thought they looked so cool. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t I pinch my earlobe or my belly or my ankle? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her belly churned, not with hunger for the delicious-smelling beef Wellington that was about to be served to the guests in the dining room, but with dread. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Those wild butterflies are back in my belly, and I can’t wait to start running so they will go away, or at least they’ll get tired and relax. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ash almost stopped, confused — and then she asked, to hide the quick rush of nerves in her belly, “Have — have you ever lost a stag during a hunt?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, who’d want a daddy that on top of being so old and so doggone mean had such a big belly? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Like a choreographed dance, vacant pods are being floated from the center of the hold, while metal supply crates take their place in the belly of the hold in preparation for offloading. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dropping to the horizontal girder, he flattened out on his belly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mulch went low to the limestone, his belly almost scraping the rock. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was a moment of reconciliation, when the nagging hunger in his belly was forgotten and his earlier affection for her had temporarily revived. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo had placed his enormous hands on his mountainous belly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

One was about a greedy girl whose belly grew fatter and fatter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Concealed by a clump of bushes, I flatten out on my belly and slide under a two-foot stretch that's been loose for years. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Covertly we regard each other, sizing up each other’s bellies: is anyone lucky? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxers hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow’s horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I’m lying here, my belly so full that I must lean back and stretch my legs way out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The grocer, tall, skinny Mr. Waylan, with his Adam’s apple sticking out above his collar, his fish- belly blue-white skin and oversized fingernails, was the white man I saw most often. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His toga was baggy, his tunic barely fit over his belly, and his scabbard fell off his belt every three seconds, but Frank didn’t bother pointing that out. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He’s down to the shirt; then, under it, sadly, a little belly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, Mama had never laughed, but Lyddie and Charles and the babies had laughed until their bellies ached. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay back, Otto sat on my belly and stared at me, alert. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with the distended bellies of small savages. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He throws up the first time he eats the stuff—too rich for his belly, I guess—but after that he manages to keep it down, and all the while he’s fattening out a little. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both sturdy little blond figures, with round bellies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl clicked her tongue, and the dogs pushed their snouts into the boys’ bellies. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We all lie in the belly of the Crepuscule and gaze into the darkness, awaiting sleep impatiently. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But Doc Kelly said the boy didn’t have no marks from a struggle and he had plenty of whiskey in his belly. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy thought of the picture she’d gotten back today, hoping she’d feel something like excitement or relief, but the only thing she felt was a coil of nerves in her belly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The next moment, however, the burning in his belly died down and the world began to look more cheerful. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The first player, the one with the large belly, nodded with vigor and rubbed his hands, ready for action. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I warm my hands under its fiery belly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I turn on the tap, lean over the sink, and guzzle until my belly is a big water balloon. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Like pearls I’d been fashioning down inside my belly for weeks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her plane, too, struck the ground on its belly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Yesterday we were relieved, and now our bellies are full of beef and haricot beans. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it pulls out a long metal bar and sticks it into my belly button. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My belly is free and my back is free for the first time in so long. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But one day, just before I turned sixteen, she said, “All right, Simone, if you win Worlds this year, you can get your belly pierced.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We went inside when he needed meds, which were pressed into him along with liquid nutrition through his G-tube, a bit of plastic that disappeared into his belly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

His round belly looks like it’ll pop out of his vest. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The only problem was getting to the ugly belly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She crept along until she found a gap and squirmed through on her belly, keeping well hidden until she saw what made the smell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Smaller than the palm of Tree-ear’s hand, the monkey sat with its hands clasped before its round belly, looking content and well-fed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Once, he took a bunch of squares of butter, lifted his shirt, and rubbed the butter all over his belly. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His belly was concave, and his skin pressed against his rib cage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The pain swelled out of his head, pounding through his ears until it hit his belly, and waves of nausea surged up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ate sensibly and had less of a belly than his son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he saw the weatherworn gargoyles atop the First Keep where it had happened, he got a queer tight feeling in his belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A short man with a round belly stood in front of the house with his back to Pong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, he was a mountain of flesh, a great barrel of a fellow, whose arms and legs were as thick as tree limbs, and with a tublike belly before all. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with food in our bellies, we'd straighten up a bit and go back to the room and smoke a joint and settle down to talk up a storm. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The arrow whistled, its fletching catching a breeze, and it hit the target in its straw belly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Both,” I say, leaning back on my elbows, my belly pooching out my shirt—a food baby. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I glanced over my shoulder and he wasn’t running at me but he was walking real quick like he just wanted to stick out his belly and bump me along. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, the first two bellies were simple, all I craved were certain foods, but this belly had me worrying all the time about my sister Minerva. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His belly grew so large that he felt terribly sick and could barely move his arms and legs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above me I could see the beaks of a thousand magpies drinking from the pond, drinking and singing happily and filling their snow-white bellies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when their bellies seemed about to burst, their mouths craved more and they drank on. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then had the curious sense that he wasn’t—that tonight, at least, Pax had food in his belly. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His happiest,: most contented childhood moments were when his belly was full. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I learned to eat a great deal when it was available and convenient, because it might not be available or convenient when the belly next indicated its hunger. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved in confused, jerky motions, as if she couldn’t understand why Mom’s belly wasn’t still around her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He felt her belly, not through the shirt but under it, his fingertips cold and rough like bark on her distended skin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lion himself, who had a large belly which needed a great deal of water, took only a few mouthfuls and then walked away. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My handstand would have lasted longer if Irene hadn’t poked at my belly button, hard. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Later, in the bathroom, she stood in front of the mirror and savagely squeezed her belly with both hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Awesome,” he says after he shoots a marble out of the Japanese robot’s belly to blast his own impact crater on the surface of my cake-pan moon. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The space to carry hate was located deep inside, below his lungs and behind his belly; but it was empty. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her condition was kept secret until her belly began to poke through her uniform. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Though he can’t seem to get the words swallowed and down into his belly where they’ll be properly digested and he can figure out what to do. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The other was tall, with a thick gray beard and large belly. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He saw now that the belly was covered with red feathers and those on the bird’s long legs were white and black. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As Smith cinched the girth of Woolf’s kangaroo- leather saddle around Seabiscuit’s belly, Marcela stepped forward, clutching a medal of Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he would leave with his body warm and his belly full of food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe you painted it when you were pregnant with us, your belly big, all the windows open, the breeze blowing through the house. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jenny lowered her flat, outstretched hand, so Fred went flat on his belly. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t taste as good as rice or cassava, but it was healthier and filled our bellies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s far away, belly deep in tall grass with others by her side. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Back they went, to the Dormitory, greeting old friends—many of them larger in size now, their bellies growing as they waited—and taking their places again in the group. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar in the songs, and he remembered old Betonie’s singing; something in his belly stirred faintly; but it was too far away now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They say around here that bellies stir up certain cravings or aversions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nuns sigh with contentment as they do when their bellies are full of wholesome food and their souls sated with prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I hated how my nipples were sort of oval, and my belly button was deeper than Krubera Cave. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The worry deep down in my belly lifted up and away like the steam from my teacup. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“And they’re camouflaged. Their black back blends in with the ocean if someone is looking down on them, and their white belly blends in with the sky if someone is looking up.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As she lay there, Percy snoring next to her and Small Bob purring on her belly, she heard Bob and Damasen deep in conversation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He went over to infant Flossi, gathered her up, and when she clung to his belly, set off toward the males. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom looks up at us with a smile and says, “That’s when you remind me of him the most, Maisie. When you laugh your deep belly laugh.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His face and belly were so round, and his arms so skinny, that he looked like a dough ball with four sticks stuck into it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I asked as we left the market, our bellies full. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Baleful green tides moved against the bellies of the clouds, and pools of orange light spread out across the heavens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Until then, that was just the way she looked: black hair, pale skin, big belly, long legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The anticipation of what he might find was strung tight in his belly; suddenly the tension snapped and hurled him into the empty room where the ticking of the clock behind the curtains had ceased. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The belly was bloating out as the sun climbed higher in the sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wince, useless fury coiling in my belly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fern did her best Rocky the Flying Squirrel leap, arms outstretched to belly onto the bed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Con descended over the edge first, his belly flat against the snow, and a few of the dogs followed him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He locked his arms around Sohrab’s belly, rested his chin on the boy’s shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my mother had been pregnant, her belly protruding more by the day, but I was so young, I couldn’t put it all together. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was a leggy, mustard-colored bull with black freckles speckling his jaws and the underside of his belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark rings of sweat made circles under my arms and a V that pointed at my belly, down from my neck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She kept them there for a long time but took them down one by one so that, as she promised, we ate like Americans when hunger cramped our bellies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have the same fear in my belly. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a knife he made a few small cuts above the tail, a couple of clean cuts at the head, and one deep slice up the belly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“What gave it away?” he grunted as he staggered to his feet, still rubbing his lower belly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The rat scuttled across the floor and stopped again at the box and searched quickly for the hole; then it reared once more and bared long yellow fangs, piping shrilly, belly quivering. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I rubbed a hand up and down him, and he crawled inside my damp sweatshirt, shivering against my clammy belly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shmuel began to laugh, letting it start deep down in his belly and then rise higher and higher. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs were already spindly and his taut, distended belly, like his tiny mother’s goiter, was completely at odds with the rest of his thin, narrow body and alert face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I closed my notebook, the nausea hit me: a green, rolling wave of sickness that started deep in my belly and rose up toward my throat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They’re gone to bed half hungry because you have to fill your belly with whiskey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For ten years he’d been working these very same fields, his eyes were still clear, his back was straight, his skin was taut, his belly remained lean and hard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My belly is cramping hard, and I'm aware of long-dormant places within myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a dull aching in his belly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She leans against the nurses’ station, putting a hand on her super-pregnant belly. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs to find my dad already bellied up to a table, slurping coffee and polishing his fancy binoculars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The nun cradled the smallest, a shriveled doll with stick legs and a pregnant belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lying belly down in the darkness, Cole felt his legs and chest sting as if they were on fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ess asked, jabbing the knife hard into the fish’s taut belly with her tiny hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fariba was smiling, and her palms were pressed against the swell of her pregnant belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lie huddled in a large shell-hole, my legs in the water up to the belly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He traced it back into the canyon with his eyes; the gray banks cut a winding track, its curves and twists the print of a snake’s belly across the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, its belly heavy with food, the snake slid on after the boy, only to stop again when it came to the insects. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My twenty- three paired chromosomes have linked up and crossed over, spinning their roulette wheel, as my papou puts his hand on my mother’s belly and says, “Lucky two!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One hundred butterflies tickled the insides of my belly as the plane went down, down, down. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

One, lined with fur torn from her own belly, contained Clover and the pile of grass and leaves, covered over with earth, in which her newborn litter were sleeping. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them had a glass belly that housed a miniature library. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

An hour later, my belly is full of pizza, but I’m still confused. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She felt his belly tighten under her, hard as a board. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as the people feast on the plentiful crops and go to sleep at night with full bellies and minds free of worry. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There was still enough meat on it to fill his empty belly, and after that was done he cracked the arm bones for the marrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Young females in tiny dresses, their breaths and bellies sucked in, trooped across to say hello to him and to flirt, asking if he remembered them, Ashleigh's friend from high school, Ashleigh's roommate in college. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He lay on his belly, and Ifemelu straddled him, massaging his back and neck and thighs with her fingers, her knuckles, her elbows. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A tingling started in my belly, kind of like butterfly wings, but the good-feeling kind. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When we first moved to Kilanga, I remember thinking the children must get plenty to eat because their bellies all bulged out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms over his belly and narrowed his eyes at Jinx. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The water ran as high as a horse's belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel the heat of his fingertips on my belly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They lay on their sides and faced one another, and she felt his hardness against her belly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

People seek food in order to satisfy their hunger and fill their bellies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I raced downstairs and wriggled up to the edge of the buckled floor on my belly like you would a hole in thin ice. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Right now my belly’s already rumbling, and it’s hours till breakfast. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kissed her neck and the bone between her breasts and I pressed my face maybe too hard against her belly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, imagining another parasite in my belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If somebody was hungry, why would they have a big fat belly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbles onto the scene, his beer belly hanging over stained white briefs, the only thing he’s wearing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The real Fig by my side flipped over, exposing his white, furry belly with a whimpering grunt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Curly removed his foot from the kid’s belly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it failed, the reserve parachute that was strapped to my belly like a baby kangaroo would be my last hope. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was dead, half-buried in the snow and its belly had been sliced open, its guts glistening wet in the moonlight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his belly and pulled his head back, away from the crack between the rocks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A second swell of excitement grew in his belly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her vast belly was above him with its putrid light, and the stench of it almost smote him down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not going to last forever if you keep buying pizza and doughnuts every day,” Alma said, rubbing Freebie’s belly. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At night, in her bed, she rides in the belly of Captain Nemo’s Nautilus, below the gales, while canopies of coral drift overhead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jacqueline took a long piece of black cloth out of her bundle and wrapped it around her belly. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I knew that she would barely eat any of it, so that Papa and I could fill our bellies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m stuck down here in the mud on my belly, caught like an animal. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her spine curled and she wrapped her arms around her belly, as though holding her sorrow inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He may shovel there in that interminable dark, unable to stand; otherwise, crouched upon his knees, sliding upon his belly, with no air to breathe; he who should be at our side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then their plane slammed into the earth on its belly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His jaws closed on matted fur slick with hoarfrost, on a limb thin as a dry stick, but the one-eyed wolf clawed at his belly and tore himself free, rolled, lunged for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His belly was rumbling, a sure sign that the morning was creeping past, and still no sign of food. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed the skin around the belly area and took it outside himself, throwing it several feet from the cabin but where we could see it from the window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Miss Maggie turned her back, I slipped Mouse a bit of pork belly from my bowl. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He tucked his left leg up to his belly and began grating the top and bottom of his beak together, a quiet sound that told me he was preparing to sleep. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Looking out a minute ago I saw the glow of the volcano as a dull red bloom on the belly of vast clouds overhanging the darkness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our bellies were empty, but I was used to that. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He stared down at the remains of his supper, his belly roiling at the sight of the cold greasy capon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Over and over during the day she passed her hand across the flat plain of her belly, as if inside she might feel something that could give her clarity. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her belly button protruded from her satiated satin stomach like a domed monument on a hill. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie had a panicky feeling in his belly, the kind he always got when he dreamed he’d fallen from a precipice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mini scowled at Aru and bent down to rub one of the tiles like you would a dog’s belly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then a deep expelling of air that comes all the way up from her belly. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I filled it with my leftovers and commanded my belly to stop flopping so at the sight of the curly apples. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My belly twists and my heart races, because time has slipped from me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His belly outgrew the coat sooner than that. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But the reality of the situation sank like a stone in his belly. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

John Henry’s laugh created waves in every direction as he grabbed at his belly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She knew she was venturing into the belly of the beast. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Children fell asleep to the sound of their bellies growling. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

They’d show off their scars—thighs chewed up by musket balls, bellies and backs clawed by bayonets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bouncer wears a T-shirt that doesn't quite extend over his belly. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Striker pulled up beside the pig and hung about ten inches of that knife into his belly and gutted him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A giant wave spread from one end of her belly to the other, and I heard water gurgling as the baby swam around in her private pool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His belly rumbled loudly as he chewed on a length of rotten sausage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her father was to follow, but he was waiting for his son, who was waiting for his wife, who was waiting to deliver a child in its last week in her belly. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Just hearing him say it put a quiver in my belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Angelina, bring my small cabinet of medicines and the bag of herbs. A hot poultice placed on my belly will help to shrink the womb and parsley will bring away the afterbirth.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He yelps and runs off behind the trailer, tail tucked down, belly to the ground. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and began to lower herself down the boulder she’d just climbed, sliding on her belly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My belly is large and I mount the steps to the railing with care. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The man standing at the door is a big, burly guy with a belly, but all he’s wearing is a pair of jeans and a leather vest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was covered with a giant net which went down to its belly, from which a wooden frame was suspended. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lark flops across one of the swings, her belly to the ground. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was the Secret Santa to the other girl with the tattoo and belly button ring, whose real name is Alice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her belly was the exact color of a freshly laid egg. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I pressed the tip of my nose into his feathered belly for further warmth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His white Terylene shirt was unbuttoned to where the swell of his belly began. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was tottering forward, bent at the waist, one arm draped protectively across the taut drum of her belly, the shape of which was visible through her burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

His legs were soft rubber and a fire was raging in the lower part of his belly. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fig licked the same belly spot over and over until his gray fur shined. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A trocar being a sheathed sort of ice pick instrument you stab into the bellies of foundering ruminants to let out the deadly gases. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before their departure, the King hosted a private banquet in their honor, and even Queen Yuriya, her belly swollen in the seventh month of pregnancy, joined them in the dining room. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Perilee and Karl spun by—he tall and solid, she round of belly and homely of face—and my heart filled up so full, it threatened to spill out my eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Just as she had never seriously thought of having a child until now; the longing in the lower part of her belly was sudden and searing and new. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Except now the power’s been cut and he’s pressing his forehead into the belly of the sculpture. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Hush. You can only climb one mountain at a time. Come upstairs and eat some dinner. We’ll think better with frill bellies. I promise I’ll tell you all I know.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This interaction would feel worse if he were older, if he were wrinkled, if he had stained teeth or a sagging belly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stayed away from beer, fearing a belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the babies were clean and their bellies were full, we went back to the sleeping room with our grass mat. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadly, the belly dancers came in robes and turbans. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I gagged from the smell but bent forward to inspect the place above his belly button where they’d surgically installed the tube. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled his knees up to his belly and writhed in the bed, fighting back the gagging. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked back on his tail, letting the girls weight sink into the squish of his belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She stooped down, and the moment she fastened its worn straps under his scaled belly and tightened them, she relaxed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Roy lay on his belly, blinked the salt from his eyes, and waited. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both stared, I sprawling helpless on my back, the sword across my belly, the guard leaning forward, still holding the hilt as if afraid to let it go. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meadhall is alive, great cavernous belly, gold-adorned, bloodstained, howling back at me, lit by the flickering fire in the stranger’s eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet Miss Fulton makes a mean breakfast with eggs and sausage and gravy….I run out the door zipping my jacket, trying not to think ’bout how empty my belly is. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I hope he’s curled up in front of a fireplace right now, with a full belly and a cozy rug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In our bellies there is gruel, mean hospital stuff, and in our bags roast pork. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand to her belly as she spoke, and the men were ashamed before her and went out one by one, for they were not evil men except when they starved. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“This is no punishment, Ophelia, but a blessing,” she says, touching my belly again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He’s this huge guy with a big chest and belly and legs that look like tree stumps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She could have accepted it if he had told her that her light brown belly no longer excited him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai’s belly fluttered, and she yearned for the escape that nightfall would bring—if indeed it ever came. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes are open and when we tickle him he makes a gurgling sound, his belly shakes and that makes us laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dany had no answer for him, only the raw feeling in her belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once they were back in the belly of the bar, it wasn’t much better. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I think I ate too many brownies,” Grace moaned, clutching her belly. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The good food lay rich, if uneasy, in our starved bellies. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try rubbing my hand across my belly, hoping some sympathetic pregnant woman will become my sponsor and Haymitch can send in some water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man with his belly folding over his belt asks, “Where’s your parents?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lay on his belly with his chin on the wooden floor and watched the legs and the shoes under the tables, the legs moving across the floor; some moved slowly, some stumbled. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They both walk up to the camera, and all I see is her belly, round and full. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The night was cold, the ground hard, her belly empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We need to legitimize this situation,” he said now, balancing the ashtray on his belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He gave a wry glance at the pronounced belly Nick had begun to develop as a result of his regular carousing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eden wasn't born yet— he was still inside Mom's growing belly. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The direwolf wrenched free and came to him as the wight struggled to rise, dark snakes spilling from the great wound in its belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Back in the family circle, I remarked to myself how like a cyclopean eye was the belly of the red-hot stove. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He strides across the lot like the leader of a marching band, ample belly thrust forward and issuing orders in a booming voice. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was seated with her back turned to the table, because her belly stood out too far for her to face it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were crawling on their bellies back toward us when Mom came out on the back porch and peered into the darkness. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kindness was a luxury that only the full belly could afford. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My pride wanted to turn it down, but my belly was stronger. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far back in the soft belly, the slashing, razor-sharp claws of the lion had cut into the hollow. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” Lockton said, pushing back from the table to give his belly some room. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fury in his eyes was enough to make Anya’s belly drop, and a sick feeling spread through her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bran’s belly felt so hollow it might have been three years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We have manioc and yams to fill our bellies, but protein is scarcer than diamonds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They call us the “Unholy Trinity” because they claim we kicked in their bellies whenever they were together. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Steam rising from an open belly, rich with the smells of blood and meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lying on the floor, blood from my split upper lip staining the mauve carpet, pain ripping through my belly, and wondering when I’d be able to breathe again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed against his chest and belly, and he clenched himself tight until he felt the warmth and softness of her legs and belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Louie just had a hankering to steal in his head and two persuasive liters of German brew in his belly. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I avoid looking at the small beer belly that’s grown on him, though I’m aware of it, of the changes in his body, as he must be of mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look away but not before my stomach does a belly flop. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hands against her swelling belly and focused her eyes straight ahead, on nothing in particular. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

His heart broke and he wanted to put his head on her belly where the wet spot was, and cry. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in wood-bark armor that only covered half of his belly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Something slithered in Emily’s belly, as if a snake were winding its way around her stomach. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I babbled an apology and tried to get away, but she was talking too, and rubbing her swollen belly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In one, he was bare-chested with the slight swell of a middle-aged belly, reclining on Ranyinudo’s bed, smiling the bashful smile of a man just sated from sex. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The First words of my father’s novel are these: My dear child: When these immigrants arrive, they do not come as passengers carried in the bellies of mechanical whales. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Still, he made a sleeping sound like the rumble my father used to make when all was well, a sound from deep inside his belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But soon she draws away, and her hand caresses briefly the small, firm mound of my belly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He got down on his belly before Amaroq, rolled trembling to his back, and wriggled. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monkey resumed its position, chewing its food, and every so often scratched its head or the side of its belly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It had fallen on its right side with its forelegs tucked under its belly; the hind legs were curled under to the left as if it were still sleeping in the grass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And here in the Capitol they’re vomiting for the pleasure of filling their bellies again and again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By late that evening, when Garvey suggested he stop work for the day, Cole’s hunger again gnawed at his belly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My belly rumbles, sick on their sour meat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid out of the culvert slowly; his legs were stiff from being drawn up near his belly for warmth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when Bloom let go it was as if somebody across the field had pushed in a detonator’s plunger, exploding a hundred dynamite sticks affixed to Sunflower’s belly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flat on his belly, Taran squeezed and fought his way over the loose stones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The canvas of the wings bellied upward, taut and swollen and eager. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he had a beard and mustache and a bit of a belly, but all I could really see unobstructed were his feet and pale, thin calves. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all he talked about when they carried him, that and his leg and his empty belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the boy didn’t move and she felt a sudden coldness strike through her as if an ice dagger had been plunged into her belly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stick it inside the soft belly of a cake of blush-crème on her vanity. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My empty belly made the morning's lessons seem interminable. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Steam rose from inside the carcass when the squat sellsword opened the belly with his skinning knife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But Peeta, always so powerful and now fueled by tracker jacker insanity, gets his feet under Mitchell’s belly and launches him farther down the block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then he ran down the hallway and took a flying leap and landed in a belly flop on the floor. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She glances down to where my own belly lies flat under my red robe, and the wings cover her face. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steel bit into flesh just above the Dothraki's waist, and opened him from backbone to belly button, spilling his entrails into the dust. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the bed, Spot is lying on his back, his belly up. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Trail his tongue along her belly and lick her there? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid on my belly, my arms stretched out, my fingers reaching. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Finally the whale rises to the surface, spurts a stream of spray one more time, then rolls over, belly skyward. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He always rode belly down, arms spread out, and hands gripping the T bar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Meggie felt as if she had stepped into the belly of some monster. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Finding him curled up in the belly of that rotted-out plane shook Luke, more than he wanted to admit. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was no way, short of crawling through the mud on our bellies, that we could approach the Wallace house unseen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one comes to give Bruno pets or belly rubs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene pointed at a blue rubber circle on the belly of his pig. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then Natalie shoved him from behind and aimed her elbow right into some man’s belly to make a space for both of them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I killed a boy, a fat boy like you, I stabbed him in the belly and he died, and I’ll kill you too if you don’t let me alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her baby belly was so big she could have loaded it in a wheelbarrow and pushed it in front of her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His infantry lie on their bellies and peer across at Confederate cavalry. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beetle stood and walked toward the river, one hand across her belly, the other stuck in her mouth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then would they taste the pure flavor of rice and feel its solid goodness in their bellies. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

When the phone rings at Doña Tatica's, she feels the sound deep inside her sore belly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Anya said, but fear settled into her belly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We don’t say nothing, just drop to our knees on the rocks at water's edge and drink, Manchee wading in up to his belly to start lapping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

First came Eye, moving his head from side to side; then Ear, whose ears bellied out like radar disks; then Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knows that his belly, his lungs, his tired legs, his appetites, his prayers and his mind are cherished in some profound involvement with nature and God. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After slaughter, the hogs were decapitated, split down the length of the belly, pried open, eviscerated, and strung up by the hind hocks on a high conveyer belt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that we drove in silence as the sky blued and the few big clouds showed their low gray bellies. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The pain in his belly; a piece of bread; the blood and the screaming; O’Brien; Julia; the razor blade. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“A friend of Sapo is a friend of mine,” I said, and Blanca shot me an evil look, then pointedly clasped her rounded belly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Harry, Harry, just the man I was hoping to see!” he boomed genially, twiddling the ends of his walrus mustache and puffing out his enormous belly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She took my hand and placed it on her round belly, which rested on her thighs like a giant water balloon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a broken spear in his belly, and his furry goat legs were twisted at a painful angle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma heaves herself from the bed, heavy with the child in her belly, my mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The smoothly concave back sets off the ballooning convexity of thighs, belly, arms, and breasts on the front. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about it brought the tightness back to Jinny’s belly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They coasted in, and the exhausted bats simply landed on their bellies and slid along the floor until they stopped. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You get the hell off this job before we cut your belly button out!” they said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he was on Laila, pummeling her chest, her head, her belly with fists, tearing at her hair, throwing her to the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stare at the single word, and for some reason, I don’t know why...I get a weird feeling in my belly, like a hundred butterflies have taken flight. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Yet even with her food, my face swelled and my belly stuck out, something that often happens to starving children. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police officer who’d picked them up on the river—a man named Winya, with a round belly and a thin mustache—had marched them through the quiet jasmine-lined walkways with hardly a word. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Three enormous planes flew by, high up in the clouds, raining tiny black specks from their bellies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They rambled over my growing body, they touched the plumping of my chest, the mound of my belly, and on down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at him with awe as he gulped his beer from a tin bucket, as he ate long and heavily, sighed, belched, closed his eyes to nod on a stuffed belly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughs so hard, tears stream down her face while she sits up, bends over, and holds her belly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She poked him in the belly with a soft finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pale exposed flesh of his belly froze her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I think I set world records for sawing open the belly shells of turtles. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt to see her without her round belly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then, in one fluid motion, Rishi lay down on his belly so his face was near hers. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mama was looking down; her hands were placed on her belly, to hold the wrapper from untying itself or to keep her bread and tea breakfast down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wore baggy red gym shorts and a sleeveless mesh jersey that exposed a pale kettle-sized belly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That same windbreak allowed the black brothers to crawl within a few feet of them, creeping along on their bellies until they were looking down on the men they must kill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We fill our bellies as best we can and I shove the rest of the food into Viola’s bag, now hanging round my shoulders. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Certainly, they distracted from spiritual contemplation, but in the same way that the sight of a shooting star distracts from the ache of an empty belly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He could hear his heart beating and he was breathing fast; something was shaking in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Is putting mad down inside their kids’ bellies just a thing dads do in Scoob’s family? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The centaur’s foil-capped head emerged from the belly of a disemboweled hard drive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her face is calm at the moment, her chin lifted high, her breasts and chin and belly jiggling as her feet hit the hard ground. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time went on, and Alicia started having morning sickness, her period was still AWOL, and her belly began to rise. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled a wooden toy that he had carved himself from his pocket—a little crow with spiral eyes and a clever rattle inside its belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I went to bed that night with a belly full of pizza. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when her children cried with hunger, she scrounged together enough to buy a bit of tortilla dough and mixed it into a big glass of water to fill their bellies. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The thought rumbled through Fred’s head as hunger grumbled through his belly. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tattoo dude hears that and he starts to laugh, this fat sound way down in his big belly, and he goes, "You hear that, Loretta? This an old flame of yours or what?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She sponge bathed me where blood had dried on my chest and belly, right down to the waistband of my shorts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But aS the food settled in my belly, the nagging sensation returned, stronger than before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He came out, frowning and scratching his belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This will happen to you, because you left your children when they were young. You think that filling our bellies is the same thing as love.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Ayesha leans back against a rock and belly laughs, then covers her face with her hands and begins sobbing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I get a sinking feeling in my belly. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw her from the window and sent Auggie out. He got down on his belly on the platform and scooped her up.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was Little Walder even though he was tall and stout, with a red face and a big round belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A sudden thought struck like a blow to my belly, leaving me breathless. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With every sail spread and bellying taut, the Astrea moved sluggishly against the current. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts his shirt and squishes down on his belly, making his stomach talk to us in a deep voice: “Feeeeeeed meeeeee.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He found nothing noble in interpreting people’s maladies, assiduously translating the symptoms of so many swollen bones, countless cramps of bellies and bowels, spots on people’s palms that changed color, shape, or size. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was also three-dimensional, by which I mean that we could see its belly bulging out toward us, while its surface obviously receded toward the edges. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women swarmed over her like weasels, pinching her legs and kicking her in the belly, and someone hit her in the face and she felt her teeth shatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He also had me remove my brand-new belly ring; I’d had my belly button pierced just two days before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The movement draws my attention to his fetching eyes and the fullness of his lips, and a flutter starts up somewhere low in my belly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He was wounded in the belly, on both arms, and at the neck, whereas Iofur was bleeding only from his lower jaw. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and tried to fight the nausea, the pressure pushing against all of her body now, against her arms and legs and belly, pressing into her back and shoulders and neck. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My throat, my heart, my belly—they all burned with happiness, and probably relief, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

A wild-eyed zebra zigzagged too close to a crouching lion, who swiped, missed, and darted away, his belly close to the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In one she held its forelegs and with the other she grasped its hind legs and pulled the frenzied hare out straight, its heaving belly upward. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell clings to my nostrils and sickens my belly. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He drank the beer slowly and waited to feel it spread from his belly, warming him all over. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ilse checks my belly, tut-tuts, and shuts herself in her room to eat cake with a Nazi SS officer named Rolf while my thirteen starve in silence above her head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her last sensation was the awareness, painfree, of something cutting into her belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Matty picked up the puppy and scratched its belly as it lay on his lap. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“My mother has intestinal angina. When she gets an attack, her belly hurts so much that she rolls around on her bed.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Patient recovered faster than I thought he would,” Doc says, getting his big belly out from behind the steering wheel and standing up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But made into a gruel it allayed the children’s craving for a time and put something into their distended, empty bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Anxiety had bubbled in Joe’s belly all morning, but it started now to give way to a tenuous sense of calm, more determined than nervous. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We broke the rabbits down into two general groups: those that had fur on their bellies and those that did not. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled to her belly and tore off small bites. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The piggy? Oh, terrible hunger pinches! Gurgi cannot remember. Was there a piggy? Gurgi is fainting and falling into the bushes, his poor, tender head is full of air from his empty belly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

After a long moment of consideration, I dropped to my belly and pressed on, pushing my lamp ahead of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man, whose real name was Terence Oglethorpe, was a large, almond-brown man, almost as wide as the wagon itself, his belly ballooning over his belt. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She has a low belly laugh that surprise you. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children’s bellies were swollen out with empty wind, and one never saw in these days a child playing upon the village street. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“They put her belly in the hole so they wouldn’t hurt the baby.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m still on my belly and my legs are still tied. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was misshapen; her belly, tight and heavy and distended, made it impossible for her to stand without supporting herself with her hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When no one is about, she puts her hands on my belly and laughs with delight when she feels the child move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the end, stretched on his belly and inching ahead a little with his elbows, he peered out from behind the bottom upward-starting curve of the rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about gowns and shoes and flowers and hairstyles, and carved out of the emptiness a small mental space in which our closets and bellies were full and the road before us was straight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I just flopped down on my belly and watched until they were gone. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lie in my bed, groaning from the pain in my belly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It is no small thing to confound the High King’s general, to sneak out of Faerie with his baby in your belly and hide for almost ten years. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my belly as if Our Lord might write out the name on my cotton housedress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back and folded his hands in front of his belly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He bellied up to the bank and rolled over onto the snow. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Olanna pulled her eyes away from the slight swell of her belly; it was newly unbearable, the thought that Odenigbo’s baby had been in that body. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers are tracing slowly over my belly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled down to the surf and slid into the cold water on our bellies. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She wanted to eat, to put a hand to a swollen belly, to wish that she’d never eaten a morsel and swear that she’d never eat again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I remembered his two little brothers clutching his mother, a woman whose swollen belly announced she was just days away from giving birth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As he stood up, Hyena felt his belly sag beneath him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Maldagha pressed her lips together to still their sudden trembling, and, in a gesture that pained Lazlo to interpret, laid a hand to her belly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He takes Axel into his thick arms, pulls him into his soft, round belly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She picks up a small grinning Buddha and rubs its round belly. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The paneling of this office once breathed the humid air of a Congolese forest, gave shelter to life, felt the scales of snake belly on its branches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is how the white man can say, “They live like dogs,” never realizing why they must, to save themselves, shout, get drunk, shake the hip, pour pleasures into bellies deprived of happiness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bell knows that marching isn't the only thing she can do, knows that people fighting need full bellies to think and safe places to gather. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He slashed again and Nailer’s belly burned where the blade cut a shallow line. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Probably nothing, not when she walked by with her belly swollen or pushing a stroller—but when she’d gone inside, they’d all talk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The plaster ceiling was bellied in great swags and the yellowed dentil molding was bowed and sprung from the upper walls. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My mother spent two months at my side in the hospital, watching me grow in a warmed incubator instead of in her belly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He put the camera and yearbook aside, then lowered to his round belly and scooted closer to the conversation, with his notepad in hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby with a belly full of stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mami had joked many times that the reason I was so skinny was that I had a solitaria, a tapeworm, in my belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A chain of gold girded his belly and from the fob of his watch a rabbit’s foot dangled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. hugged Fern to her belly and told her not to give up hope, and then Big Ma, Uncle Darnell, JimmyTrotter, Fern, and even Mr. Lucas surrounded them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I trudge to the shower, pick a ball of lint the size of a cat’s paw out of Finn’s belly button. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Their once rounded bodies were angular and bony now, sharp small bones like the bones of birds, except for their ponderous bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, but my belly full of food kept me in place. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I play with my feet, not with my belly button.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The strip of stuff had not been placed well atop the wound, and I shifted it so that his belly would be better gripped. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She was in side the shed, staggering from wall to wall, her legs too thin for her full belly. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I saw the flash of her light-colored belly as she went down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the day after Christmas and a gray sky bellied over us, fat with snow. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But overall, I like how I look, although I wouldn’t mind if my calves were a little more slender and my belly a little flatter. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dart out and approach the open belly of the ship within ten seconds. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A twinging excitement worked its way into my belly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This year it will be a public affair, and since the Capitol will be throwing it, everyone in the whole district will have full bellies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The teacup elephant scratches her blue-painted nails on my dress, and flashes me the chrysanthemum flower on her belly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Annie returned to them in the fall with a belly too swollen for flying in the big tent. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But a belly rub made him sigh contentedly in his sleep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She must have cut the child out of Liriope’s belly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She sat back, folding her arms across her belly. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Night blended into day in the dank belly of the ship. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Chaplains visit, too, trying to comfort the hysterical, whose bellies are at last full enough to allow their emotions to surface. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ucho said, and he poked a finger into Sumac’s beautiful red belly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I like bread in my belly and ale in my cup. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

By noon he had a stringer full of fish and a belly full of beer; he was red-faced and a little unsteady when he trudged over and dropped down alongside me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tally clenched one in her hand as she stood at the edge of the river, wearing nothing but the sensor clipped to her belly ring, shivering in the cool breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was in his raggedy gray sweatpants, his belly poking out as usual. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kaede curled her fingers around the grip again, and this time, she felt the core of her belly engaged in the movement of her arm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe someday, after all this, after we find a new life, a new home, with plenty of water and food, then I could grow up and have full rosy cheeks and a soft round belly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As her belly popped out, I grew more and more furious that I’d have to wash heaps of diapers again, just when Jaimito had gotten potty trained. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s in there now,” I said as I pointed to Sumac’s belly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Real happy, smiley type of guy, despite having on plaid booty-shorts hiked up to his belly button that cannot be comfortable. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Beetle had been to fairs, but only to beg a turnip or some pig bones for a stew, and never had her belly been full enough for her to lift her head and look around. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me go all jumbly in the belly to chop off heads. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor's eyebrows spring upward and he lets out a good belly laugh. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And that mission doctor at Kikongo must have found Father a sight to behold: a wild-haired preacher with a snake in his belly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I did my best to fill our bellies with manioc leaves. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly hid the wrappers on the windowsill behind the curtain, pulled my shirt down over my belly, and took my seat. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound made her belly rumble, but she had no nets to snare them with, and so far she had not come on any nests. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My muscles shook and my belly tossed and surged. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Winston Lacks was a burly man with a beard that grew to his belly—he drank almost every night in a saloon hidden in the basement beneath the general store. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Kaira wore denim shorts and a sleeveless top that stopped above her belly button. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Or failing that, some food in my belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I petted his head and stroked his ears and scratched his belly. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes his belly would clench like he was trying to poo, but nothing ever came out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was Aunty Uju, dimpled with exuberance, her face aglow, her mind busy with plans as her belly curved outwards. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were hams and shoulders, side meat and spare-ribs and belly. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all, I could eat until my belly was full. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three hunters were stretched out on their sides, their bellies extended with food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bush drove at her with a spear long enough to punch through her belly and Qari’s back as well, pinning them together as they died. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

An hour later, your dad came home with your sister to find you alone, crying over the kitten, whose belly had swollen to the size of a kickball. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We let the calves graze, fill their bellies. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night I had to sleep on my belly. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day you put it on, and surprise: Your belly button is showing. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The motor rumbled like hunger in the belly of the bus. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My belly knots again, because his words are a command. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His T-shirt has a hole, and when he shifts, I can see his belly button. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dora, who was soft as a mouse’s belly, could be as hard as carborundum. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t got the courage. I’m a cowardly yellow belly. I couldn’t stand it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I spill my seed on her belly, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But let’s suppose that somehow Afghanistan gets its act together,” Omar said, crossing his arms on his protruding belly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was mostly skinny, which made his enormous beer belly even more alarming. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I try to occupy the hall with my voice, but I can't fill my belly with enough breath. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That is NOT your belly button,” Tab said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet as quickly as he could, wiping muck from his uniform, shame squirming in his belly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nausea rose in his belly so that there was the taste of vomit in his throat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The grandmother clutched her handbag to her belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We tried to trick our bellies into thinking we were full by drinking a lot of water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shiloh wiggles a few inches closer to her on his belly, rests his nose against her thigh, tail going whick, whack, whick, whack. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if the belly buttons are to grow like-lines to give the baby blood, and only girls have babies, how come boys have belly buttons?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feed the belly and the soul will come. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A lovely belly, I have no doubt. Moisten it as often as you wish . . . but see that your dew falls nowhere else. I want no more nephews, is that dear?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Millet had some extraordinary ideas for events in August, including an elaborate Midway ball during which fair officials, including Burnham, would dance with Dahoman women and Algerian belly dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A male doll with a small painted chicken bone stuck between its legs and a round red circle painted on its belly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I cry and scream and hold my belly as if I am giving birth to all the misery and pain that has ever walked the earth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s been eight and a halfish hours since she woke up on my belly, climbed out of my bed to put her clothes back on, and left my house at six in the morning. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Serious though the moment was, he couldn’t resist an amused whinny at the sight of Root’s belly wobbling ever so slightly in his clinging jumpsuit. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Eight dogs, each with thick gray coats shading into white bellies and paws, had been led into the courtyard by a thin, spry Xi woman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only Fred Carter had the guts to belly up to the bar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki screamed out comments on her belly and her breasts, hailing the life within her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I do not care that my foolish belly is growing lazy after all these days of little to do. It must be fed. I will not die because it does not wish to work.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

A tall balding man with an ample belly stood behind a woman carrying roses. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Old man Ku’oosh left that day, and as soon as he had closed the door Tayo rolled over on his belly and knocked the stalks of Indian tea on the floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shay’s hand slipped under the jacket to pull at her belly sensor, which meant she was nervous. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He ran past where the crew had sealed off a part of the cargo hold, headed deeper into the belly of the torn ship, searching desperately through cabins and storerooms. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as they keep their bellies full with turtles, they’re no danger to us. Anyway, we keep the kids close to the house.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail flicked uncontrollably as he scuttled away, staring down at an oozing gash across his belly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The ugly ones and Sarah with her big belly were to stay in the kitchen to assist the cook, and wash up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My belly and back are stiff and achy, so I can’t reach down yet to my foot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Gerald Black, at his own request, was supervising the mushrooming wooden partitions that were springing up in a bellying circle on the vaulted third floor of Radiation Building 2. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It kicked and somersaulted in my belly, coming alive. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her take a seat on the commode, how her belly dropped down between her legs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lowering a torpedo filled with nitroglycerin into the belly of the earth, the muddied workers would detonate it, occasionally turning up a fragment of an ancient American Indian spear or an arrowhead. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I relaxed every muscle, closed my eyes, and gave in to the hurt bursting inside my belly like fireworks. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The immense truck battery was of an ancient type too large to be wedged down in the belly of the tiny canoe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in it and fold my hands over my belly, just like Madrina used to. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Stronger than any burning in his arms and belly, more haunting than the darkness that surrounded him, was the realization that he was alone, totally alone with himself. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The red sun blinds me, churns up my belly to nausea, and the heat thrown out of the bone-fire burns my skin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silenus tugged his yellow polo shirt over his belly and adjusted himself on his rosebush throne. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Despite everything—her cramping belly, the tightness of her bindings, and the heavy knowledge she carried inside her—Jinny did smile then. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After dinner one evening, as I’m collecting the dirty plates, the Doctorita rubs her giant belly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d bellied up to the stove to warm himself after his first course. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Resting my hands on my belly now, I could feel the butterfly wings start to flutter again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Wikki offers a soda to Asher, too, then pops its belly shut and rolls off to where a boy is sitting on the couches. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She still felt a bit muddled, and seeing the iron dagger still protruding from the creature’s belly made her shudder. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Hali stumbled and fell, he came at her again, slamming her backward, teeth tearing at her belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A wave of warmth filled Melissa from deep in her belly and out to her fingers and toes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The sunlight moved up and down his back like hands, and he felt the muscles of his neck and belly relax; he lay down beside the pool, across from her, and closed his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as though a fire were burning in his belly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The water made her belly cramp, but cramps were easier to bear than thirst. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was still dark along the ground and among the trees, but the sky was getting lighter, the blue gray streaked with red light, like a belly opening under a knife. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was an old man on the ground a few feet away, moaning and staring up at the grey belly of the clouds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had a terrible twisted-up feeling in his belly, because of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Caves across the ocean in caves of dark hills white skin people like the belly of a fish covered with hair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One night when she was carrying him in her belly she heard him weeping. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The thought started an uncomfortable flutter in his belly. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The two-legs reached down into the cage and began to rub the cub’s belly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

As they rode, the plants became larger until they were as high as the belly of the horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louder I raise my voice until my rusty throat begins to burn with the song and I can feel a new breath come in—deep, past my lungs into my belly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I gazed at her naked belly for a long while and, finally, with a kind of woefulness, bowed my head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The uneasiness that was churning ’round in my belly started making itself heavier. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Each was connected within an intricate framework of oddly-angled corridors and intersecting staircases that wound from the belly of the building to its deepest depths to the crown of its sky-viewer and back again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A pot belly swelled under the tight white nylon shirt and his cheeks were round and ruddy as marzipan fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Countless times on that long Santa Anita backstretch Seabiscuit’s legs reached out over the track, stretching to gather up the ground, pounding down into the dirt, then folding up under his belly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at her, in house shoes, her breasts turgid, her belly heavy and high. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheet bellied out like a sail when Lydia let go. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes were expensive, but his enormous belly strained against the buttons of his shirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the winds of winter began to blow and snow fell in chunks, we undid the snap under the horse’s belly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could have brought in enough money for Michael and Alphie to go to school with proper shoes and bellies well filled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Baby Girl tug on my dress, say, “Tum-my hurt,” and she rubbing her belly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dell's belly looks like he has a basketball under his shirt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The window shade bellied slowly in and then the night wind fell and the worn shade flapped quietly against the window. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His little legs are flung over his mother, slowly rising and falling on her belly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My arms and belly were pimpled with red dots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In a eave near the house, the opening so small that Tally had to crawl inside on her belly, David showed her the cache of gear his parents had tended for twenty years. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I struck Julian this time, he gave a halfhearted groan and clutched at his belly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe even knowing somewhere deep in the pit of his belly that I was innocent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My voice is shaky as the anger in my belly swells. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

By that time the chatter of wheels on rutted pavement had moved past my feet, crawled up my legs, to settle in my belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Swollen breasts hung heavy against her chest, and her belly bulged as if near to bursting. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But his body was already whittled by a lack of food from his time of fever and now his belly pressed against his backbone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lines of muscle along the horse’s back, flanks, and belly bulged with the effort, cutting sweeping stripes into his coat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A desperate cry from somewhere deep in my belly. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. D waddles away, his belly wiggling like jelly over his belt. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jeweled chandelier-lanterns drop from the high ceiling, like spiders with bellies full of candlelight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Could you be? If your belly was empty and you saw whole baskets of bread on the other side of a window, would you continue waiting patiently, Béene? Or would you throw a rock?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like I was going to spend an eternity in the belly of that thing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nat is on her belly behind me, running her hand over the dirt, organizing it in little piles. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I must give him something more than the belly meat then. He is very thoughtful for us.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six shots right through his fat hairy belly. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I patted my belly and thought of the little ghost of a being folded in the soft tissues of my womb. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged my shoulders, and felt a warm sensation rise from my belly and get stuck in my throat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Their bellies ached with hunger, and the earlier thrill of losing a few pounds before pageant time had been replaced with a terrible, desperate longing for food. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Because that’s the only thing that saved me, this baby in my belly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dany fell to her knees, crossing her arms over her belly to protect the child within. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I want to take off her dress and see if they unzipped her belly. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Just before labor began, the last star rays sank into my belly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words seemed to curl up in her belly—not moths now but snakes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not the belly slither of angry snakes coming up from the sheltered ground of their own accord to punish us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I didn’t stop you, you slid your hand across my belly. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the black pool, beneath the shelter of the heart tree, Maester Luwin lay on his belly in the dirt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And instead of just answering, he lifted his shirt up over his head, and there was a picture of Aurelia tattooed on his big belly. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The next day, bells chime through the belly of the palace in honor of the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The warrant officer in charge of field exercises is the commandant, an overzealous schoolmaster named Bastian with an expansive walk and a round belly and a coat quivering with war medals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to put them on your forehead or at the corners of your eyes, but Adria and I always stuck them on our belly buttons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Anya’s heart still hammered and her belly twisted with fear, and the first coherent thought she could dredge up was why the dragon hadn’t tried to eat her yet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

This was the ominous cramp in her belly, the windless cliffs, the bleary sunrise. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mole dropped down on his belly and snarled. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Arya drank too much water, just to fill her belly with something. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The realization twisted in his belly like a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Screams died in them and floated belly up, like dead fish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife plunged into her belly and tore and tore and tore, until there was nothing left of her down there but shiny wet ribbons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She knelt down before him and unbuttoned his shirt to suck the soft-firm flesh of his belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The goat’s belly already held a baby that would soon be born. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“All right,” she said, “but try anything and I’ll scream and bury this in your belly.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Fear settles in my belly like one of Mama’s heavy meals. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Far to the north a foghorn groaned, reaching them less as a sound than as a trembling in their bellies, as if their bodies were pipes in a somber old organ. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I poked her belly to wake her up. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Fern ran straight into me, ramming her head above my belly. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He let the motion carry him, and he could feel the momentum within, at first almost imperceptible, gathering in his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"He slew the boar. His entrails were sliding from his belly, yet somehow he slew the boar." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If your belly has grown three sizes, like the Grinch’s heart does in the movie. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He knelt, balding and kettle- bellied, murmuring, "An honor, an honor." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She could feel it advancing rapidly up her back and belly, moving for her head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He says her belly doesn’t rise and fall and make him seasick. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Tayo watched his belly and the way the shirt stuck to it with sweat; he watched the belly quiver when Emo laughed at him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The warm, safe scent of her belly entered my nostrils and completely invaded me, awakening in my blood a fire I had thought long since extinguished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scrunches his face and holds the side of his belly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her arms dosed over the swell of her belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I felt a big, empty space in my belly. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like them she put a hand to her belly, supporting the world; she felt omnipotent and proud; and then a muscle in her back spasmed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her great belly was swollen with new life as she leaped across the yellow sandrock, startled forever across the curve of cliff rock, ears flung back to catch a sound behind her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a bit small; my belly button shows. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

"You wanna fight somebody you fight me," said the enormous belly, pushing Alfred out of his way. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fury was a fire in her belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Carp floated belly up onto the beach, and the doctors at Mercy knew, but did not announce, that ear infections were a certainty for those who swam in those waters. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sails are bellied out orange-gold in the early morning sunlight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I'm so hungry right now all I can think of is taking out the belly wrinkles, as the fellas say. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

These are the thieves, murderers, rapists, and politicians, who feed on the Sheep until they’re thrown in prison, or better yet, belly up in a landfill alongside sheaves of your grandma’s itchy hand-knit Christmas socks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

While the monster was distracted, Annabeth walked briskly under its belly and joined us at the metal detector. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And she searched her many pockets to find a bottle of goats milk, ready and waiting for a hungry belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In Ento: the black eyes of the monstrous child as she plunged the knife into its belly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But her stomach felt hollow and sour, and she couldn’t tell whether it was the early hour and her empty belly, or dread of the day to come. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They walked out into the fog, Dimple’s belly heavy and full of hot food. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With one hand tight around his belly, she fed him with the other. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We're losing our composure, doubling over, our bellies and faces aching. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And somewhere in there, I also had this thought—I'm getting a belly ring. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a few moments her belly felt comfortably stretched, but the sensation quickly vanished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the dark tangent in every man’s belly, the sickness, the coldness, the mercilessness, the lust to cause pain or fear through self-power. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring at his grotesquely muscled shoulders—stooped, naked despite the cold, sleek as the belly of a shark and as rippled with power as the shoulders of a horse—I found my mind wandering. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flame came out with the words and singed the hair on my belly and legs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It burned all the way down my throat into my belly. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And then she gave a contented sigh, falling instantly asleep, pressing herself into the softness of the Witch’s belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Their sails would belly out full and white before the wind. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The October night was still and mild as Jinx stretched out by the fire in his shorts, his belly full of catfish. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He crawled deeper into the tamaric bushes and pulled his knees up to his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jake got behind the man, wrapped his arms around his belly, and gave five fist thrusts to the abdomen, pulling up as he yanked in to engage the diaphragmatic muscle. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

During the Mass, Ma tightened a leather belt around her belly, the way some old Haitian women tightened rags around their middles when grieving. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Deep down, somewhere behind his belly, near his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ones who excavated a million tons of rock and dirt, toiled in the belly of the earth for the deliverance of slaves like her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The zigzag chain link at the bottom pokes into my belly, but I wiggle through. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His belly felt as if it were full of eels. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He watched the enormous belly move lightly across the room toward the peanut bag, and take over when the skinny white boy dropped his arms and shuffled away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t fast, although food was scarce enough that hunger hung in my belly much of the time. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand the thought of him pulling her into the death balloon of his belly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I picked Pablo up by his extra-long belly and held him to her ear and he licked it and tickled her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shot him in the belly. I was afraid I’d miss him if I shot him in the head.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Will waited till the man was framed in the open doorway, and then exploded up out of the dark and crashed into the intruder’s belly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do I? You looked like I kicked you in the belly." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was ashamed of it afterwards,” Sam said, “but not very and my belly was full.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But look how skinny she is. There’s no baby in that belly, see?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes one of her full belly breaths. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His belly was scraping empty, so empty he could howl. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Robert held his umbrella over her.As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filing and overflowing them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes I was exhausted from the effort and had to sit down to rest, prompting a belly laugh from the Sherpa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her hands across her belly, imagining the shape of the baby inside, hoping to feel it move. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shirt showed his belly button, and the pants bulged around his hips and barely covered his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

‘Now, now,’ growled Shagrat, ‘I have my orders. And it’s more than my belly’s worth, or yours, to break ’em. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is sends you running out of the cafeteria just as the volcano of butterflies in your belly erU pTS After Soccer Practice Go wash up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jon could feel his breakfast churning in his belly, but he pressed his lips together and made himself look at the second body. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her legs were short, her belly low to the ground. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And watching a person grow, from inside a round belly, to a baby, to a kid who can tell her things. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But the ache in our bellies was worse. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

One mouthful every fifteen minutes will make it last and if I wash it down with water the bread will swell in my belly and give me the full feeling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she slapped Emma’s great bulge of a belly, lifted her from behind by her shoulders, and gave her a good shake. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Muhammad’s snorts and someone else’s hoots mixed with Dad’s big belly laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The other tiger kept creeping closer, belly touching the ground, eyes down, making a low, singsong sound. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Desperate, he straddled the dog’s back, slid his hands under his belly, and scooped him into his arms so fast that he took Radar by surprise. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aliya sits with her hands raised in prayer, responding to her dua questions by reciting a long prayer of an answer, followed up by a full belly laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Davos felt as though the lord had punched him in the belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They stood outside the Nest and admired their handiwork until Mr. Beaver’s belly began to grumble. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He strained the muscles of his belly and forced it out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eamon says, Dear Lulu, If this McCaffrey is that tall that he’s pushing his yoke against your belly button I suggest you find a smaller man who will slip it between your thighs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The only change was Mama’s belly: it started to bulge, softly and subtly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I throw his ball in and laugh when he belly flops into the murky water. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His whole long belly overhung Cammy’s desk; he had his arms spread and bent, his fingers on her blotter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do about the problem, so he gritted his teeth and felt his belly grind on emptiness and promised himself he would scavenge a feast when they arrived in the drowned city. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce lowered his javelin and poked the coach in the belly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The rumples in Papa- Nnukwu’s belly did not seem so many now, and his navel rose higher, still enclosed between folds of skin. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Children with swollen bellies were already fighting over pieces of die stinking fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m hungry,” I said, knowing this time it was only my belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When someone felt charitable, our bellies were relatively full. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

All she had to do, she thought, was keep her belly covered. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth reaches for the wall behind him, sinks to the floor, clutches his belly, lets out a deep wail. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cattle with acidosis stop eating, pant and drool, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I am in the grumbling belly of some great beast. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

His belly was swelled up as tight and round as a pumpkin. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax edged closer, so low that his belly brushed the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He killed the black bull, took out its intestines, and moved himself and his belongings into its belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed on long after he knew he should turn back, a growing sense of anxiety gnawing at his belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He groveled on his belly and came up to her smiling, head lowered humbly. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard cats yowling so that they sound like babies with colicky bellies.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I brought them home their bellies were full. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed Wishbone’s belly with her bare foot. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Using a short knife, Angelo made another shallow cut the length of the animal’s belly. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I had never seen so many exposed beer bellies, homemade tattoos and butt cracks in my life. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just her belly now that felt a flutter like wild soft wings, but her chest where her hearts were, and even her head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The master studied my sister, then tugged his waistcoat over his belly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And just for the record, Tab, I happen to like my belly button. It’s awesome. You idiot.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Will dropped to his belly for a closer look, his nose dangling over the edge as he gazed down, down, down into the fog. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

To keep food in their bellies, she has to spend most of her time away from them, working. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It splashes in the mud and I’m still on my belly. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The whole time she spoke, she massaged her belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It looked right at home, lying on its belly, growling contentedly as it chewed the head off a combat dummy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a long, slow job, sewing up Old Yeller’s belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he shouted, “Get back!” and they fell flat on their bellies in the warm sand. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her still-flat belly and said, “Ten weeks. I wasn’t sure at first, even after I took a dozen home tests, but I went to my gyno and she confirmed it and...we’re pregnant!” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And whilst I’m mighty fond of butter, it ain’t nowhere near as good tasting if the way it gets into your belly is as milk. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I fell off the mountain and landed on my belly. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

What the kid Renault needed was a stiff jab to the jaw and another to the belly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rested one hand on an imaginary belly and raised the other in the air, waggling a disapproving finger. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their children spied on the pasture and saw the boy come out of the black bull’s belly every day. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed of her parents, of her little brother, of the belly of the slave ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the noise of the market rose to an irregular hum around me, I tried to enjoy the pleasant sensation of having a full belly and a clean body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"The stomach is more important than the chin. Hit the chin and you may break your hand. Kill the belly and the head will die. Do you read me?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lion wants his dinner,” a man said as Tendai’s belly grumbled, but no one offered any food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he first saw the cow, he caught his breath, at the bony legs of a calf sticking awkwardly out from behind, and the rest of it still plunged deep inside its mother's belly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They were wedge-shaped strips and he cut them from next to the backbone down to the edge of the belly. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connor launches himself across the room, hopping over the pillows on the floor, colliding with the soft curve of Mrs. Baransky’s belly. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They dropped to their bellies on the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sarai looked at the rich earthen color of her arms, and she knew, though it was hidden, that she bore an elilith on her belly like a human girl. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Feed the belly first, he announced at dinner one night, seized with his brilliant plan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worms were worse, but still not as bad as the pain in your belly after days without food. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t taken long for a nasty feeling to curdle in his belly, and a day later, it had continued to linger. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z