curse word
Example Sentences
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Just one offensive or curse word can lead to a parental advisory label, so what’s defined as explicit can be subjective.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, joked Tuesday in separate remarks that “transitory” is now seen as the equivalent of a curse word at the Atlanta Fed.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2021
Said Michael: “In my entire life I never heard my brother say one curse word, nothing, not even ‘damn.’
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020
Sometimes, experimentally, Suzanne will try to get him to say a curse word at home.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2020
And if I didn’t know what a curse word meant, all I had to do was ask her and she would explain it to me—in detail.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
