cuss

Example Sentences

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In any case, attitudes toward the S-word have changed in the last few decades, and it has lost much of its punch as a cuss word, Bergen said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

“But as long as disabled people are killed for being disabled,” he said, “I will rage against the night and we will light candles as protest and we will cuss and we will pray.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2023

Oftentimes I would talk people down from this righteous anger, then I would be like, “So don’t cuss people out you don’t know,” and then they’d be like, “Yeah, you’re right.”

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2023

Instead I had become a public-interest lawyer, before my disease took that from me, and had allowed myself to cuss occasionally, but this was a real departure.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

Sorry, I don't even know if you cuss.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli