belch
verb (used without object)
to eject stomach gas noisily from the mouth; burp.
were belching
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past progressiveof belch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The houseplants in the room were belching water vapor into the air.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
But when they were taken out on the roads in California, they were belching out levels of nitrogen oxide that were 30 to 40 times higher than the regulatory standards.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2015
By this time the last of the ship's bells had rung, the funnels were belching, and the captain's voice was calling on the piermen to clear away.
From The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill by Sir Hall Caine
A strip of the Puerta del Sol was being asphalted; ten or twelve furnaces ranged in a row were belching thick acrid smoke through their chimneys.
From The Quest by Isaac Goldberg
The whole centre of the ship seemed to be only one vast chasm, and from it were belching up steam, dust, and something that looked like incipient conflagration.
From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
