buttocks

Example Sentences

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If your pelvis sits at an angle—maybe because your legs are different lengths, maybe because you have scoliosis—the midline of the buttocks can tilt, and, boom, a crooked crack.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

The study also found that people who used tanning beds were more likely to develop melanoma on body areas that are usually shielded from the sun, such as the lower back and buttocks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

Video from the home, introduced as evidence in the trial, showed Frank Santangelo seeing his wife bleeding from injection sites on her buttocks and running to get material to clean them.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

It appears in different patterns, depending on fat distribution: peripheral obesity affects the hips, thighs, and buttocks, while generalised obesity involves fat spread more evenly across the body.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

It was much too big for him, a cushioned throne intended to accommodate the ma- gister’s massive buttocks, with thick sturdy legs to bear his weight.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin