bum

Example Sentences

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Advancements that seek to end the friction of reality — the freak occurrences, edge cases and bum luck of a given day — ultimately sap the world of excitement and color.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Well, I’m a lazy bum as pretty much everyone else is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

And while I don’t know if there’s a world in which I’d wear that stuff, I would like to feel confident about my bum.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

And when Valerie and Linda, who put a ring on it as soon as gay marriage was legalized in California in 2008, visited Los Angeles, the couple would bum on Hoza’s Silver Lake couch.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

She bathed in a river so cold that she had to jump in screaming, and she ate food pulled from the fire hot enough to bum her tongue, which dty food never did.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld