bum
Example Sentences
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Well, I’m a lazy bum as pretty much everyone else is.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
I went over and he looked at the prototype, and said, “Why don’t you move this seam over the bum by a centimeter. I think it’ll be more flattering.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
"My bum felt like it was boiling, I felt like I had a fever," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
And while I don’t know if there’s a world in which I’d wear that stuff, I would like to feel confident about my bum.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026
The deck marked “life” is stacked full of bum cards.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.