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Keep "bellying" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "bellying" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
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9 total sentences available.
"So saying, his mighty spear, with all his force, / full at the flank against the ribs he drave, / and pierced the bellying framework of the horse. / Quivering, it stood; the hollow chambers gave / a groan, that echoed from the womb's dark cave."
Source: tatoeba (6804611)
Did it change into the cry of the wind, plaintive at first, angrily shrill as it freshened, rising to a tearing whistle, sinking to a musical trickle of air from the leech of the bellying sail?
Source: wiktionary
And the light mounts over the faces of all the tall blind houses, slides through a chink and paints the lustrous bellying crimson curtains […]
Source: wiktionary
He looked at the stout bellying occupant of the other chair, his mouth open, his snores reverberant.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
Closest matches include baggy, ballooning, bas relief, bellied, billowy.
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