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on my stomach vs in my stomach

The phrases 'on my stomach' and 'in my stomach' have different meanings and are not directly comparable. 'On my stomach' typically refers to lying face down, while 'in my stomach' refers to something being physically located inside the stomach.

Last updated: April 01, 2024

on my stomach

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate lying face down.

Use 'on my stomach' when describing the position of someone lying face down, with their stomach touching a surface.

Examples:

  • I like to sleep on my stomach.
  • The baby is lying on her stomach.
  • He was sunbathing on his stomach.
  • I still have scars on my stomach from the second-degree burns.
  • I still have scars on my stomach from the second-degree burns.
  • I was convinced that it was my fault for sleeping on my stomach.
  • I would like to sleep on my stomach, if you don't mind.
  • I feel like I still have some of that jelly on my stomach.
  • how can I put a bonfire on my stomach?
  • I woke up, I was on my stomach.
  • How nice it will be to sleep on my stomach again.
  • Lying on my stomach on the brink of the precipice I admired the majestic cliffs that towered up from the bowels of the earth high in the sky.
  • You've poured boiling water on my stomach!
  • I can't remember if I'm supposed to sleep on my stomach or my back.
  • When I came to, I was lying on my stomach... in the backseat of a car,
  • Not on my stomach, Anna...
  • Still hanging on my stomach.
  • For years I've suffered terrible digestive depress." However since taking Yakov's mircle elilxsir, I no longer find it necessary to... continuously hold my hand on my stomach."
  • Tomorrow I go into hospital for an operation on my stomach.
  • I'm having a sleeve put on my stomach.
  • I think the glue dried on my stomach.
  • It doesn't sit well on my stomach.
  • You stepped on my stomach and on my sincerity

Alternatives:

  • lying on my stomach
  • face down
  • prone position
  • stomach down

in my stomach

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to something being physically located inside the stomach.

Use 'in my stomach' when talking about food or objects that have been consumed and are now inside the stomach.

Examples:

  • I can feel the food in my stomach.
  • The medicine is already in my stomach.
  • There's a strange feeling in my stomach.
  • When he calls, I get butterflies in my stomach.
  • Hunger in my stomach and a mouth full of breeze.
  • I feel so funny in my stomach.
  • Man, I keep getting this sharp pain in my stomach.
  • They found traces of strychnine in my stomach.
  • There's two more in my stomach.
  • I am just getting that knot in my stomach.
  • I had this weird feeling in my stomach all week long.
  • I have this throb in my stomach.
  • I had butterflies in my stomach.
  • And I got this terrible cold feeling in my stomach.
  • I have a horrible pain in my stomach.
  • Hurt. Like a stone in my stomach.
  • Nauseous in my stomach and had a headache all morning.
  • This cramping in my stomach hurts really bad.
  • I had, like, this sinking feeling in my stomach...
  • I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it.
  • And then they stuck a probe in my stomach.
  • I had this gut feeling in my stomach.
  • I have this horrible feeling in my stomach and...

Alternatives:

  • inside my stomach
  • within my stomach
  • digesting in my stomach
  • settled in my stomach

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