Example Sentences

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All the other elephants in his herd run to him at the first sign of trouble; during calmer times, they willingly present him with their rumps in a seeming sign of submission.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

Some wore pillow-size stuffed animal turtles around their rumps to protect their tailbones in a fall.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2019

Females were more likely to bite the rumps of males at the most fertile phase of their reproductive cycle, researchers found.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2018

If you watch their weight over their rumps, that's where they usually lose it if they can't handle what you're giving them.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2012

They faced outward around the ring, their rumps to the center where all the squealing pigs were gathered.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson