cuss
Example Sentences
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Oftentimes I would talk people down from this righteous anger, then I would be like, “So don’t cuss people out you don’t know,” and then they’d be like, “Yeah, you’re right.”
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2023
There’s not much sense in being the richest miserable cuss in the cemetery.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 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
“They told him not to cuss and he stopped,” a woman can be heard telling an officer in the video.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2022
“Why is it you like to cuss so much, Dante?”
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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