cussing

Example Sentences

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Neither is he known for casually cussing in private.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

As late as 1974, Richard Pryor was arrested for “disorderly conduct” simply for cussing in his stand-up act.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

Is cussing a part of communication for Scientology believers, one officially sanctioned or dictated?

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

“We must always be on guard against mediocre cussing in our writing,” the novelist Katherine Dunn wrote, in a small book called “On Cussing.”

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2019

And then I wondered, does cussing count in the general scheme of things if you only cuss in your head and not out loud?

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith