as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
our backsides were sore after sitting on those hard benches for so long
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Recent Examples of backside
Flashing red LEDs on the backside help with visibility.
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Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2024
Or use the freedom of a prepositioned phone to flip around and get some backside shots.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024
If there is not a roadside ditch in front of the property, leaves need to be placed within 10 feet of the backside of the curb or edge of asphalt.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Run it across the backside of the bed and the wall to be sure to clear dust that might be clinging to the wall of the headboard.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
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Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2024
Or use the freedom of a prepositioned phone to flip around and get some backside shots.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024
If there is not a roadside ditch in front of the property, leaves need to be placed within 10 feet of the backside of the curb or edge of asphalt.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Run it across the backside of the bed and the wall to be sure to clear dust that might be clinging to the wall of the headboard.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for backside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backside
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!Clement Clarke Moore, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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McGowan is hidden among other travelers on the platform, and Bonnie can be seen looking into the face of each one eagerly, her ears perked up and her tail starting to wag as McGowan gets closer, the dog possibly picking up on her scent.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other than being four-legged and having a long tail, the gorgonopsian wouldn’t have looked very doglike, Angielczyk said.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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The affected seats were manufactured between July 16, 2016, and Oct. 25, 2023, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA).Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, on the Senate floor, outgoing members who were either retiring or had lost their seats gave farewell speeches.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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Here, Count Orlick (an utterly transformed and unrecognizable Bill Skarsgard), is anything but a looker, a towering slithery freak with long, icicle-like talons as thick as a rump roast, whose Romanian accent is saddled with Darth Vader-like breathing issues.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Male common wombats have been observed aggressively chasing females and leaving deep, painful bites on their rumps, puncturing their skin.Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The entry point is the Dining Room, a two-deck affair that can seat 1,170 guests, which is located at the rear of decks 2 and 3.David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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Passengers in the rear are also treated to individual screens positioned on the back of each front seat.New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
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Located at the bottom of a deep, shaded gorge, one feels transported to the Adirondacks.Gary Stoller, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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At the bottom of that last one was written in small type the name of the man who had uttered that line.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Backside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backside. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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