Example Sentences

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Perhaps that’s why I’ve held on so tightly to a bit of wisdom that my mom gave me when I was a kid plagued by stomachaches.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2023

In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom described himself as an unhappy elementary school student: “I couldn’t read, and I was looking for any way to ditch classes. I’d fake stomachaches and dizziness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2023

This year, the coffee chain has a list of seven holiday beverages, so I bravely ordered every single one of them and risked stomachaches and jitteriness in order to properly and accurately rank these drinks.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022

Other manifestations that connect mental and physical symptoms include backaches, headaches and stomachaches, which all “tend to accompany psychological stress, anxiety and worry about the future,” Lowe says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2022

They never got mumps or pinkeye or colds or stomachaches or anything.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson