derriere

Example Sentences

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It’s the least visible part of my body, yet I’ve had good reason lately to obsess about my gluteus maximus, my derrière, my whole imperfect situation back there.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

Which is how they find themselves stumbling off the twice-weekly bus to the derrière of nowhere, squinting at a dirt track that only seems to lead to more dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

The Nike team added a tunic to cover the derrière and loose pants to disguise musculature.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

She was so popular that a false news report that she was abandoning the bustle hastened the demise of the faux derrière.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2018

"Dans les loges de l'Hippodrome, derrière les deux salles, sont déposés environ quinze tonnes d'échantillons, destinès a être analysés par une Commission locale, nommée par Son Altesse le Khédive."

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir