expletive

Donald Trump's week began with an on-air expletive as he lost his cool over his mounting frustrations with Iran and Israel's shaky ceasefire.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Chabria: As someone known to routinely curse in polite society, I’m not one to judge an expletive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025

"Hey Congresspeople! Beware! Hell hath no fury like a . . . scorned," he adds, making a cutesy little face where one guesses an expletive would have otherwise been verbalized.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023

McLemore’s use of an expletive to describe his hometown gives the podcast its abbreviated title.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

If you hear the word, “Impossible!” spoken as an expletive, followed by laughter, you will know that someone’s orderly research plan is coming along nicely.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

“A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response,” said Steven Cheung, White House communications director.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

Keywords trigger the A.I., but so do certain combinations that seem threatening—colors associated with criminal organizations, mention of illegal activities, violent verbs, expletives, and some political content, for instance.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2023

Since De León’s participation in a secretly recorded conversation with other city leaders was made public last October, his presence in council has often brought jeers and expletives from protesters.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023

In the filing, Doyle alleges the managing partner said subsequently that he did not think he would have used expletives in a management meeting.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022

The class listened to one opera each month—at least made some effort to listen over the thunder of groans and barely suppressed expletives from the athletes who populated the last row of seats.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy