bum

Example Sentences

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My sister reminded me that I have small wrists, and since I’m generally a lazy bum who doesn’t exercise much, I should be thinking more about bone density.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

His father, who he describes as a ski bum, won custody and brought him back to Norway, where he took up ski racing at the age of eight.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 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

"If you obsess so much on youth that will bite you on the bum, unfortunately."

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

How much better it had smelled when Mosca made spaghetti, even if he always put too much salt in the water and let the sauce bum.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke