backside
Example Sentences
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These days, I notice fuchsia bursts of bougainvillea instead of my mushy backside.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
A spider can flick off irritating hairs from the backside of its abdomen, which feel like fiberglass or minute cactus spines.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
“Of course, being a racist has been illegal in our formation since 1948. The same goes for sexual harassment,” Hegseth offered, possibly to cover his backside, only to expose it again a few sentences later.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025
On shimmering disco anthem Got To Have Love, he warns against squandering relationships: "When love disappears / Life disappears / and you sit on your backside / for 25 years."
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
She had her feet moving and her backside waving and suds splashed up along the side of the sink.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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