taboo

Example Sentences

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"People are too embarrassed to talk about issues down below or in their bottoms, it can be embarrassing even taboo, but I want to help break the stigma," Trish said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

Balabanic said politicians needed to stop treating the issue as "taboo" and discuss the need for foreign workers candidly.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

She couldn’t help thinking of the story she’d told Jason - about the Cherokee hunter who had broken his taboo and turned into a snake.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan