curse word
Example Sentences
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Just one offensive or curse word can lead to a parental advisory label, so what’s defined as explicit can be subjective.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Friends wonder whether they have ever heard Ryans use a curse word.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023
I did not stop, once, to pencil a curse word of admiration in the margins, which sometimes means nothing but sometimes means a lot.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, joked Tuesday in separate remarks that “transitory” is now seen as the equivalent of a curse word at the Atlanta Fed.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2021
When I am working here, I think of Señor Santos, who probably never used a curse word, not even exclaimed “¡Ay Chihuahua!”
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
