bellyache
noun
a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The goats were bellyaching as well, bleating loud enough to compete with the chickens.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack