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

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

The iPhone’s autocorrect is not a fan of profanity—in fact, it’s here to counsel users in the opposite direction, making them retype a swear word again and again if they really want to use it.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2018

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