cuss

Example Sentences

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Cutting back to Tuesday on the radio, DJ Envy asked her, “What’s up with you and farts?” as Curtis mentioned using “fart digger” and “fart knocker” as HGTV-palatable cuss words.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

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

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