ass
Example Sentences
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I went ass over teakettle, tumbling and flipping and flopping down the hill, just a ball of dust.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
He continued, saying, “When it comes time to kick some ass, you do it. And one day someone will follow the path you left behind and say, ‘Those are footprints worth chasing.”’
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
My young and wildly financially uneducated ass took myself to Gucci.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
Sabalenka, 27, promised to "kick Nick's ass" as she promoted the event on US television chat shows, while 30-year-old Kyrgios insisted the razzmatazz of the occasion would bring new eyes to the sport.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
If he’d just peek over, man, just for a sec, he’d see my dumb ass sitting here completely solo.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.