How to Use flatulence in a Sentence

flatulence

noun
  • The head coach must not get brain flatulence on fourth downs.
    — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Then maybe the brain flatulence will cease and the fools won’t try.
    — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The flatulence of the year is matched by the hosts and their routines.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • What if covid spread by flatulence instead of from breathing?
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Cow manure emits methane which can also come from cow burps, and yes, cow flatulence.
    — CBS News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The fake flatulence doesn’t come with a smell, but the exhibit doesn’t neglect that sense.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2014
  • Still, cow flatulence and burping are big causes of methane gas.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • That, in scientist-speak, is a pretty darn good flatulence joke.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Think of it as the visual equivalent of flatulence in a bubble bath.
    — David Pagel, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
  • Demi Moore is tired of flatulence always being the butt of the joke.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • What’s flatulence, anyway, if not the body’s attempt at its own form of sonic catering?
    — Vulture, 24 June 2022
  • These are texts that hide their depth under a thick layer of flatulence jokes, loud guitars or Texas drawls.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
  • An actor who has done flatulence jokes his entire career wants to die after giving a big speech in a war movie?
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There are many tales of Andre’s epic drinking, his flatulence, his kind demeanor.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The tragedy of rifle neglect (like dandruff or flatulence) occurs even in the finest people.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 29 July 2020
  • The series explains that Doug aims to sustain a career through flatulence.
    — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This is due to the presence of carbon dioxide gas, which can cause burping, bloating, and flatulence for some people.
    — Serena Coady, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2021
  • But as he is penned in place at his desk, Lamb turns to his one reliable weapon, his unholy flatulence, to hatch an escape plan.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • All the chairs were done up with pale brown pleather, every seat beaten with sweat, with boredom, with generations of flatulence.
    — Caitlyn Murphy, Hazlitt, 13 Nov. 2024
  • On the other hand, the flatulence elicited by American beer is renowned throughout the world.
    — The Sucksters, WIRED, 7 Dec. 1998
  • The plant has also been used to relieve flatulence and bloating and to treat nervous system disorders.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This excess air gets trapped in the digestive system and contributes to flatulence.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Yup, Britt took a six-hour international flight to attend to her boyfriend's flatulence.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Several factors can lead to an increase in flatulence, and there are a few ways to reduce and manage excess farting.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 31 July 2024
  • No Side effects One of the most common side effects of probiotics is flatulence.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The sacs might evolve to be separate from the lungs and filled with a gas less dense than air, such as methane — a byproduct of, ahem, flatulence, to which a dragon might be prone.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
  • As a result, more than half the subjects had problems like bloatedness, cramps, and flatulence with the non-hydrogel version of the drink.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2021
  • That might explain how someone was able to sell a recording of his flatulence as an NFT for $85.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Recent studies have also shown that adding red seaweed to cow feed could cut bovine flatulence and cut cows' methane production by up to 98 per cent.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Over the centuries, rulers have imposed levies on beards, livestock flatulence and even urine (valued in ancient Rome for its ammonia).
    — Daniel Akst, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2021

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