ass

Example Sentences

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“Then I told him to get off his ass. ‘This is not who you’re going to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

“They just kicked our ass. Their ain’t nothing else. It’s as simple as that.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2023

"He was always saving somebody's ass. People would bring doughnuts in and he was always sticking doughnuts back for his drivers."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2021

“I don’t know our record against them. But it’s pretty bad. They always kick our ass. So this is not a rivalry.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

“It has great meaning to her. The dove, not the ass. She, like, saw one when she first fell in love with my grandpa.”

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti