unmentionable
Example Sentences
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She plans to sweep away the cobwebs and inject warmth and life into a farm mired in portentous dialogue and unmentionable secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
That relationship, once an unmentionable topic, is now on the agenda of the winning party.
From BBC • May 15, 2023
Her continued focus on class, the great American unmentionable, made Ms. Tax a distinct voice.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
Family friends recalled Irina McCarthy as her mother’s best friend and their own children’s favorite babysitter, who calmly read aloud the definitions of “various unmentionable words” as the kids giggled endlessly.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022
Well, breakfast was sort of like that, only instead of the clothing problem, we had an unmentionable cancer problem.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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