derriere

Example Sentences

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To eternally hide its derriere, the moon has to rotate once every time it completes an orbit.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

Same derriere, different decade You can track Henry VIII's burgeoning bottom through our collection of his combat armours.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2020

I wasn’t sitting in a posh courtside seat at Madison Square Garden, with Anthony’s derriere obstructing my view — though I may as well have been.

From Time • Dec. 6, 2016

A speech balloon mutters that the sketch actually depicts the stubbly derriere of "my friend Mohamid Bakshi, a movie producer who lives in Los Angeles."

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2015

The men start to back away, leaving William sitting on his derriere in the middle of the road.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz