backside

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, those gates can snap back and deliver a parting gift – a smack on the backside.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

"I gave myself a kick up the backside and said I would make an album, a real bedroom project," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

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

I brought down the blade on the monsters enormous backside when out of nowhere another sword blocked my strike.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan