posterior

Example Sentences

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"The depression and the anxiety I've had from this stupid decision to try and alter my posterior, it just wasn't worth it," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

To offset that, he pays extra attention to strengthening the posterior, or back, chain of their bodies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

As a parent, the first time I saw one of my sons talk out of their posterior on a subject they knew nothing about, I laughed.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

Dyeing poison frogs, Dendrobates tinctorius, have been shown to tap their posterior toes in response to a range of prey sizes, from small fruit flies to large crickets.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

I should record them for posterity—a word I only recently learned means the people who come after you in history, not your rear end, which is your posterior.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass