swear word

Example Sentences

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“I can’t really say it because there’s a swear word in it,” Quinton Byfield said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2024

"In all my time with him, I don't think I heard him raise his voice or use a swear word."

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

After this conflict, Musgrave predicts Ukrainians will add a new swear word to their vocabulary: “Putin.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Joseph Schuster, said last week that for him the word “Jew” is neither a swear word nor discriminatory.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

I sit. putting down my basket, strawberries again, chicken again, and I note the swear word: something new.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood