STOMACH in a Sentence

Learn STOMACH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

150 example sentences for STOMACH, such as:

1. An army marches on its stomach.
2. Somebody stabbed him in the stomach.
3. The attacker kicked him in the stomach.
4. My stomach is still sore after the operation.
5. Lie on your stomach with your arms by your side.

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 Meanings and Examples of STOMACH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
stomach
 n.  principal organ of digestion
 n.  an appetite for food or drink
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1  "I've a good mind to go and hunt up those stomach powders I got last year over in Springfield," she continued.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  Scarlett obediently sat down before the tray, wondering if she would be able to get any food into her stomach and still have room to breathe.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  Charles gave a swift look about him, drew in his breath, stiffened the muscles of his stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  The hospitals were filled with dirty, bewhiskered, verminous men who smelled terribly and bore on their bodies wounds hideous enough to turn a Christian's stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  Perhaps it's still true, provided the Confederate soldier has bullets for his gun and shoes on his feet and food in his stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
6  Uncle Henry was minus his umbrella and carpetbag now, and his fat stomach as well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  Her heart acted very queerly, beating regularly for several minutes and then thumping so loudly and swiftly it almost made her sick at her stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  Cold little ripples of fear that started in the pit of her stomach were radiating outward until the fingers that touched her cheeks were cold, though the rest of her body streamed perspiration.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  When she reached Wesley Chapel, she was breathless and dizzy and sick at her stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  Some of her dullness was passing now and her stomach was clamoring for food.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  Once, when she was six years old, she had fallen from a tree, flat on her stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  The hot liquid burned down her throat to her stomach, choking her and bringing tears to her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  The whisky taken on a stomach long empty was playing tricks on her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  A queasiness of the stomach reminiscent of the early days of her pregnancy made the smoking yams on the breakfast table unendurable, even to the smell.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  A spicy, sharp-tasting radish was exactly what her stomach craved.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
16  The attacker kicked him in the stomach.
17  It's not a good idea to drink on an empty stomach.
18  An army marches on its stomach.
19  Forensic examination revealed a large quantity of poison in the dead man's stomach.
20  Lie on your stomach with your arms by your side.
21  My stomach is still sore after the operation.
22  Foods that ferment quickly in the stomach are excellent natural laxatives.
23  Ulcers occur when the stomach's natural acids eat into the lining of the stomach.
24  The function of the stomach is to digest food sufficiently to enable it to pass into the intestine.
25  An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach.
26  I recall Rosie waxing lyrical about the flatness of his stomach.
27  He said he had sharp pains in the stomach region/the region of the stomach.
28  Somebody stabbed him in the stomach.
29  Indigestion is a catch-all term for any kind of stomach distress.
30  Sometimes, a part of the liver or bowel is on top of the stomach.