How to Use belly flop in a Sentence

belly flop

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  • She did a belly flop into the pool.
  • One of them did a flip and then the other one that made the movie kind of fell over and did a belly flop.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 20 May 2019
  • In part, because of the chance of a painful and embarrassing belly flop.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Well that one too, as the Chargers produced a 41-29 belly flop to put a wrinkle in their playoff plans.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Some kids stepped up to the diving board, hoping for a graceful dive but ending in a half belly flop.
    — Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022
  • And with that, the 32-year-old executed a belly flop into the water.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The Starship is to belly flop in the upper atmosphere at a 60-degree angle, Mr. Musk said.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2019
  • But rays also will sometimes leap up and do a back flop or a belly flop, trying to shake off parasites.
    — al, 18 July 2022
  • The school released video, which has almost reached one million views, of the coach executing a belly flop.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2019
  • One young bear performed repeat belly flops into schools of fish but never caught one.
    — Eva Sohlman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • San Francisco did a belly flop in rainy Chicago, 19-10.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • There’s no bigger thrill than the crisp clap of a massive belly flop made by an actual massive belly.
    — Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
  • After some comedy gold and a few belly flops, the queens took it to the runway in their best denim drag, inspired by queen of country and one of Thursday night’s guest judges Shania Twain.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Launch, hover, belly flop return, and crucially, the landing.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • One North Carolina toddler’s fearless attempt at a dive into a backyard pool may have been a total flop, but the two-year-old’s hilarious belly flop has charmed the internet.
    — Janine Puhak, Fox News, 22 July 2018
  • Players have more of mixed feelings on the baseball layout, with former running back Justin Forsett comparing falling on the dirt at the Coliseum to belly flopping on pavement.
    — Adam Renuart, CNN, 15 Dec. 2019
  • But to finger him for WeWork’s belly flop misses the structural incentives that shaped his behavior — and those of every other money-losing mega start-up, from Theranos to Uber.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Serial inventor Elon Musk’s Cybertruck belly flopped at its world debut last week when its shatterproof glass shattered.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Lure maker Gary Yamamoto designed the Senko to fall horizontally, in a long, squiggly belly flop, which is more natural than the nose-down attitude most soft-plastic baits assume.
    — John Merwin, Field & Stream, 22 May 2019
  • Visitors were clearly delighted, however, to encounter a giant panda cub climbing a tree before falling to the ground in a majestic belly flop.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
  • Whereas the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket boosters return to the launch pad at a nearly 90 degree angle, Starship will essentially belly flop through the atmosphere and right itself just before landing.
    — Wired, 28 Sep. 2019
  • By executing a belly flop, Starship can more accurately control its landing using its fins.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Lee, who secured her spot in the play-off with an incredible chip-in eagle on the 18th, celebrated her victory by leaping into Poppie's Pond with her caddie Matt Gelczis, who performed a spectacular belly flop into the water.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Somersaulting through the air, diving into a web of spinning jump ropes, performing dangerous belly flops and bouncing upright seconds later, the Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team commands attention with its high-energy act.
    — Peggy O’Hare, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Perhaps most impressively, the unprecedented belly flop maneuver and demonstration of Starship's aerodynamics bode extremely well for the company's plans to reuse the vehicle.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2020

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