ass

Example Sentences

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“I lived in Vegas for almost a year, busted my ass to slowly build back up kind of a career in a sense,” he explains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Her kids are older, so everything changes and she’s not able to work her ass off the way she used to and she has to confront that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

My young and wildly financially uneducated ass took myself to Gucci.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Sabalenka, 27, promised to "kick Nick's ass" as she promoted the event on US television chat shows, while 30-year-old Kyrgios insisted the razzmatazz of the occasion would bring new eyes to the sport.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

As I squat there miserably, feeling the cold on my ass, I call to her, “You know what’s going to be great? A long, bumpy bus ride.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson