profanity
Example Sentences
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She said she volunteered in November to mediate the meetings, instructing residents to wait their turn to speak or rephrase their questions without profanity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
More recent performers have included this past year's headliner Kendrick Lamar, the rapper who cut out profanity but still performed a viral diss track of his rival Drake.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
Leno advises stand-ups to resist automatically turning to profanity or insults, especially when dealing with hecklers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023
Content review is assisted by bots such as ClueBot NG, which identifies profanity and unencyclopedic punctuation like “!!!11.”
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2023
We were not allowed profanity or even obvious sarcasm, but Bailey looped his language around his tongue and issued it out to Mother in alum drops.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Vocabulary lists containing profanity
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Odd One Out
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The Red Pony
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