How to Use derriere in a Sentence

derriere

noun
  • I slipped on the ice and fell on my derriere.
  • Will throw anyone else under the bus to protect his own derriere.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • In the past decade, Airbnb's new logo was compared to a derriere.
    — Rachel Lerman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Like bikini underwear, cheeky styles show more of your derriere.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2020
  • Back in the day, my sister and I cracked up when the belt vibrated her derriere.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 June 2021
  • The high waist elongates legs, while the wedgie look suggests a taut derriere, perfect for women with short legs.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Bloomberg had been quoted days before commenting coarsely about the derriere of a woman in a tight red dress.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • There are two different ways to get your derriere out of these pants without undoing the shoulder straps.
    — Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The secret to a tight derriere is pretty straightforward, putting in that consistent work in the gym.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Remember when derriere-sweeping, Mermaid hair was all the rage?
    — Bianca London, Glamour, 2 July 2022
  • And there’s a really specific cut to all of the bottoms that really help to plump and lift the look of the derriere.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
  • Kim has always been, somewhat questionably, famous for her derriere.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But what truly sets these leggings apart from the millions out there was its unique ability to transform anyone’s derriere.
    — refinery29.com, 28 July 2021
  • The Function will give bass, future, and funk-loving fans a space to shake their derrieres, all bodies welcome.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 7 Sep. 2017
  • To the lower left of the backward question mark is a triangle of moderately bright stars that make the feline’s derriere and tail.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Kitchens, of course, would never actually kick himself in the (derriere) because that’s where his head is usually stuck.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2019
  • In the snap, Kardashian wore a bare strappy black two-piece suit from Girls on Swim, its clear vinyl straps hugging her derriere.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2018
  • But Growden demonstrates his best guess by drawing imaginary lines across his 53-year-old uniformed derriere.
    — miamiherald, 22 May 2016
  • The classic design slides onto most toilets and attaches to a water source to deliver a derriere-cleansing stream.
    — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 11 June 2020
  • Delicate ruching and a low cut hip makes this suit a great option for those who want a bit more coverage on their derriere, while the halter style gives it a touch of vintage flare.
    — Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The sexagenarian siren prances flirtatiously around Gerry, and even drops her derriere down low a few times.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Still, those oblate derrieres acknowledge that the flat stovetops of our Western kitchens make a rounded cooking vessel difficult to use.
    — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Videos posted to social media showed one woman in a gold bikini standing up high on a car and twerking away, her bikini bottoms pulled down to partially expose her derriere.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Her derriere, dressed in a white designer bridesmaid gown that fit in all the right places, stole the thunder from her own sister during her big royal wedding back in 2011.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Sandoval — and his mother in law — are among the many in recent weeks who have taken the plunge and bought a bidet, or some sort of derriere-spritzer, in hopes of reducing their trips to the store and reliance on toilet paper.
    — Melissa Pandika, SFChronicle.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The Big Dipper is not an official constellation, but rather makes up the bright derriere and tail of Ursa Major.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 29 Dec. 2019
  • For instance, her latest creation — the Corgi Butter Butt — consists of a brioche bun in the likeness of her Corgi's derriere.
    — Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
  • The Big Dipper is not an official constellation but instead makes up the bright derriere and tail of Ursa Major.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Through the years, the quaint 'burb has accepted being the butt of jokes, quite literally in the form of Vulcan's derriere, while stubbornly standing up for its independence.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • In the images, Affleck grabs Lopez's derriere while looking directly into their own photographer's camera.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 July 2021

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