derriere

Example Sentences

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Arms flailing, Penelope skidded down the hall on what the French would politely call her derriere, past the stairs and straight into the drawing room, where Newton’s greater force lay ready and waiting: an overstuffed armchair containing the seated form of Sir Fredrick Ashton, the unimaginably wealthy and incurably nearsighted master of Ashton Place.

From Literature

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

Typically, in Kenneth MacMillan’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” that moment is drawn out, with Juliet deeply arching her back in a cambré derrière over the tomb.

From New York Times

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

From Scientific American

Early versions featured a more modestly scaled jacket that landed just below the derrière — like one worn by a teenage Malcolm X. Later examples, known as “extreme drapes,” had long coats that hit the knee and trousers so baggy they could be confused for harem pants.

From Los Angeles Times