bad word
Example Sentences
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"He loved every single soul, and people loved him, you know, and they never had a bad word to say about James."
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
"As a person, you couldn't say a bad word about him. Really nice guy."
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
Castellanos “was an almost perfect mom. She never told a bad word, yelled at the girl, didn’t hit her,” he said in Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
But he always had a bad word for the movies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
Francie’s hands flew to cover her ears so that at confession she would not have to tell the priest that she had stood and listened to a bad word.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
