belly
noun
the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
were bellying
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past progressiveof belly.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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Two weeks after the Health Department delivered it’s verdict, customers were bellying up to the restaurant’s polished wooden counters and booths as usual on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2017
The boat belonged to a Dutch brig that was putting out to sea, and when old Isaac got aboard, the anchor was already at the cat head and the sails were bellying in the wind.
From The Pilots of Pomona by Robert Leighton
On the surface of the sea a few white sails were bellying in the breeze.
From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
The front of our mess tent blew in, and the roof and sides were bellying out and flapping like a ship's sail half clewed up.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
The smaller canvas on the foremast and great spread on the mainmast were bellying to the piping gale.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
