taboo

Example Sentences

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The grading-proposal committee said this will make A-minuses more common—and therefore less taboo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While Hughes awaits the outcome of the consultation, he said he wants to facilitate have a national conversation about a subject that is often seen as taboo.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

But with your tax preparer, the conversation will turn quickly to that taboo topic — your income.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

For a blip in this post-Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” era, when queerness is once again taboo, the counterculture went mainstream.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

I got the message that my mother was breaking a taboo I’d never heard about.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago