cuss

Shapiro isn’t the kind of norm-breaking politician who might be expected to cuss in public.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

“I never heard her use a cuss word my whole life,” Wylie says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

Instead I had become a public-interest lawyer, before my disease took that from me, and had allowed myself to cuss occasionally, but this was a real departure.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

She doesn't cuss more than other athletes — or their coaches.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2022

Call’s cuss words were taught to him by his sainted grandmother and tended to be as quaint as the clothes she made for him.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

“Obviously, Jared cusses, and I’ve told people that, and they’re so surprised,” Williams said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

On Guy Fieri: “He cusses like a chef,” Helle said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2015

Just because somebody cusses doesn’t make them a bad person and just because a guy doesn’t cuss doesn’t make him a good person.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010

I heard a lot of things, cusses and cheers, jokes and conches, horns and drums, but nothing that sounded like a distinctive phrase.

From The Guardian ● May 5, 2010

I didn’t know what most of Doug Swieteck’s brother’s cusses meant, either, and it didn’t make all that much difference.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

“He never yelled at me. Never cussed at me. Never lost his temper with me or the kids,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was a performance that recalled the cussed stubbornness of great England teams past.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2023

Often recognized by his trademark sailor’s cap, Newman also wrote two dozen books and earned the informal title of Canada’s “most cussed and discussed commentator,” said HarperCollins, one of his publishers, in an author’s note.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Over her refusal to comply with the school’s mandate, Smith told the paper that people have "cussed her out" and that some of her best friends "won’t talk to me."

From Fox News ● Oct. 11, 2021

Daisy had told me that if any boy who wasn’t twenty-one years old yet cussed, his tongue would rot out of his head.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“But that’ll die out if there’s no emotional current underneath. The cussing has context. As long as there is an emotional story underneath the bells and whistles of cussing, then that works.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

Is cussing a part of communication for Scientology believers, one officially sanctioned or dictated?

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022

Partly because so much of the audio was cut out for cussing, it wasn’t the best-sounding Grammy performance, but it was probably the most alive moment of the night.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2019

Well, there's no cussing, little distortion and barely any grit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2018

I was proud of the girls for not cussing, but I was even more proud of them for hitting the nail right on the head this time.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall