four-letter word

Example Sentences

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That four-letter word should put them on notice, if this is a scam.

From MarketWatch

"That's why golf is the worst four-letter word in the world," he joked afterwards.

From BBC

“I did miss on a four-letter word, so my weakness tends to be those super short, tricky words, and I worked on compiling those into one list,” Shradha said.

From Seattle Times

“You have the right to use four-letter words.”

From Seattle Times

“We are all allotted an unknown but finite number of hours of consciousness,” Ebert observes in his famous 2008 essay “ ’Critic’ is a four-letter word” which, unsurprisingly, is considered some version of the critic’s scripture.

From Salon