How to Use bum in a Sentence

bum

noun
  • Read more about the life and career of the king of beach bum anthems.
    Josh Feldman, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • In the back, the waistband curves up, giving a visual lift to your bum.
    Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Miles Byrd has already missed three games with a bum hip.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The massive athlete had dreams of the NFL, but a bum knee kept him from trying to make the draft.
    Fox News, 7 June 2022
  • The cons is like…there’s too many bums that got internet.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
  • And to think, Beltré might not have achieved such heights if not for that bum ankle in 2004.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Hey, Colorado, ya stinkin’ bovine bums, don’t let the door hit’cha in your hairy Rocky Mountain rumps.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 27 July 2023
  • My reliable House of CB cream knitted pants are made to hug the bum, not hide it.
    Nyla Stanford, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
  • To improve the economy, the first would buy a Hummer, while the second would hire a bum.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • As the bus passes, a happy bum and his dog are picked up entering the grounds through a loose board in the back fence.
    Jack D. Grant, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2022
  • My feet are too small, my upper arms are too soft, my bum is too dimpled.
    Chloe Laws, Allure, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In fact, about 40 percent of adults develop pesky bumps on their legs, arms, and bum.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The rest of us would do well to mimic this attitude and sit our sunscreen-lathered bums in the shade.
    Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • Hate to see QB Teddy Bridgewater miss any time with a bum knee.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2020
  • On a bum ankle, Ipsaro fought to keep his season alive.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Growing up in Ghana, the women around me were mostly shaped the same: wide hips, big chests, and, of course, big bums; to me, this was normal.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 22 Feb. 2024
  • This top-down wipe warmer can hold up to 100 wipes, keeping them warm and moist for your baby’s little bum.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Become a beach bum on the unspoiled shores of the Dalmatian Islands.
    Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • There are no bums or drug addicts or rapists or people waiting to push you onto the train tracks and kill you.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The couple is known to show off their love for each other in public, from kisses to even playful pats on the bum!
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
  • If your favorite Jeep lover is also a sun bum, gift them this cool trucker hat.
    Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2022
  • At the top of the screenshot, the photo of Madonna underneath a bed with her bare bum sticking out can be seen.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Over the next few decades, back to the soil, ski bum, and jam band dreams flourished in these arcadian corners.
    Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Not many travelers imagine the Lone Star State as a beach bum’s paradise.
    Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • There are many reasons why people are going for some bum fun.
    Mallory Creveling, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Chesney’s selling the beach bum, happy-go-lucky lifestyle to his fans.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Cowboys will need Dak to be a little more mobile with Ezekiel Elliott nursing a bum knee.
    Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Aspen Extreme is the movie that put ski bum culture on the Hollywood map.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Barbie missing there was the first bum note for the summer comedy, then things got worse.
    Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But Brandon Scott, who acts with magnetism and danger, is playing a character the movie gives the bum’s rush to.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022

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