derriere

Example Sentences

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It’s time for our representatives to finally get off their derrieres and get to work.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2018

In part 27 of the BBC's occasional series The Decline of British Masculinity, comedians John Thomson and Simon Day appeared as two middle-aged gringos bent on reupholstering their effete derrieres to become hard-assed gauchos.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2014

Preamble: Having had their derrieres handed to them in a match that barely reflected Shakhtar's dominance in the Donbass Arena a fortnight ago, Chelsea are in need of a win tonight.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

But with attitudes changing, and with the Yanks kicking their derrieres, soccer federations in Germany, Denmark and elsewhere have begun pouring money into their women's programs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nick poised above a party of phantom men and girls sliding downhill on their derrieres and ending in a heap at the bottom.

From Satan and the Comrades by Bennitt, Ralph