ass

Example Sentences

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“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

“He’s not caring about whether or not his subordinates kiss his ass all the time,” said Rep. Adam Smith, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, who has met with Feinberg several times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

I’m not close with Victoria, but obviously I’m a woman of that generation where I learned to shake my ass to the Spice Girls in 1996 so I have undying loyalties to her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

“You played one good game. One. So what? I bust my ass every game and at every practice.”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan