Example Sentences

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A new drug called apitegromab could help people on obesity jabs avoid unwanted muscle decline that's been linked to flat bums or "Ozempic butt", according to research in Nature Medicine journal.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The Pad was lambasted in the print-shop windows where caricaturists laid into all the ludicrous fashions: bums, breasts, bellies, skirts, hats, and hair.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

The Red Apple attracted Route 66 tourists and beach bums alike who could avail themselves of the Red Apple’s in-room radios and kitchenettes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

I look at guys who party and don’t work out and that kind of bums me out, and I go, “Hey, man, not allowed to do that. That’s not the way it works.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

“They’re everywhere, though. That’s the thing that bums me out the most. I read that one in twenty-five people is a sociopath.”

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin