curse word
Example Sentences
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“I never said a curse word or stood up or threatened anyone, but it was hot under the collar, and I regret that,” Dorph said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023
Friends wonder whether they have ever heard Ryans use a curse word.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023
But having solved the mystery of her mother, Jo chooses to return to her responsibilities in the terrestrial, persecutory world where magic is a curse word.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 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
