ass

Example Sentences

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“But, get off your ass and do something about it. Go figure out a way to compete.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“I lived in Vegas for almost a year, busted my ass to slowly build back up kind of a career in a sense,” he explains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

My young and wildly financially uneducated ass took myself to Gucci.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Just hours after the operation in Venezuela, Trump warned Colombian President Gustavo Petro to "watch his ass".

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

I was heading home after school, underdressed in the latest fall fashions—Converse kicks, T-shirt, jeans with a ripped-out ass, unbuttoned Levi’s jacket with the standard-issue black hoodie underneath.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx