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

Ils tiennent de même fort, proprement leur barbe; mais jamais ils ne se lavent les mains que quand ils se baignent, qu'ils veulent faire leur prière, ou qu'ils se lavent la barbe ou le derrière.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard