How to Use buttock in a Sentence

buttock

noun
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  • He was hit in the buttocks with a round from Ramos’ gun, the report said.
    — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Sanchez later tried to make the child take part in the rape by placing the child's hand on her buttocks, records say.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The victim was sitting in the front yard of a house with a gunshot wound to his buttocks, the report says.
    — Hannah Smoot, charlotteobserver, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Konsitzke’s son Mason, now aged 7, was born with little brown birthmarks on his buttocks.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Williams was struck by a bullet and later treated at Fairview Hospital for a gunshot wound to his buttocks, police said.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Squeeze your buttocks, straighten your legs, and exhale slowly while returning to starting position, and repeat.
    — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • It was later reported that Johnson had exposed his bare buttocks to a legislative aide in a City Hall parking lot last year.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2017
  • When inside, as the woman was getting ready in the bathroom, Watson allegedly took off his clothes and demanded a massage to his buttocks while lying on her bed.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • One was shot in the hand and the other was shot in the buttocks.
    — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 22 June 2018
  • The younger boy was shot four times in the back and buttocks and twice in the lower leg.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
  • The man's attorney says the 33-year-old was shot in the chest and buttocks.
    — CBS News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The standard length of the treatment on the thighs and buttock area is less than an hour.
    — Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2021
  • Doles was shot in the head, chest, right arm, right thigh, right foot, right calf and buttocks.
    — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The 2-year-old had bruises and welts on his arms, back, buttocks and face.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 11 July 2019
  • The man grabbed a 20-year-old woman’s buttocks and breast then left.
    — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 9 Feb. 2018
  • He was struck five times on his legs, four times in the buttocks, twice in the chest, once in the back and once in the shoulder.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Ashlee and Clint scoop her up by cradling her buttocks and the back of her head.
    — Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • An 18-year-old man was shot in the thigh and buttocks, police said.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The man then came up behind her and grabbed her buttocks and breasts and knocked her to the ground, Loughran said.
    — Taylor Hartz, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2019
  • You will be asked to scoot your buttocks down to the very edge of the exam table.
    — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
  • Officers found the man was shot three times in the leg and buttocks.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2019
  • One man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, and the other was shot in the buttocks and thigh.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 23 June 2018
  • Johnson puts his buttocks against the wall and leans back.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 8 June 2018
  • Rolfe fired three shots, striking Brooks twice in the back and left buttock and killing him.
    — Mark Binelli, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The victim was struck six times in the side, buttocks and back, Kenny said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
  • Herpes may also show up as sores on the skin of the buttocks.
    — Isadora Baum, Health.com, 29 May 2018
  • Davis went in for a hug and then, with both hands, grabbed and fondled my buttocks.
    — Erin McParland, SI.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • One of the victims, 23, was shot in the buttocks and shoulder and the other victim, 49, was struck in the chest.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • There’s the fall onto the right or left buttock, followed by the roll onto the gut.
    — Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2022
  • He’s also accused of slapping her buttocks and trying to kiss her.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024

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