buttocks
Example Sentences
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"Raine fortunately landed flush on her buttocks, rather than on bone, and got up, leaving the saloon without a backwards glance," he writes.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Airlines measure capacity using something called an available seat mile, which is one mile flown by one seat, with or without buttocks.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
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
Ignatius squatted lower and lower until his great buttocks touched the stool his knees reaching almost to his shoulders.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
