profane language

Example Sentences

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Under the First Amendment, anyone in the U.S. has the right to engage in peaceful protest, which can include yelling, using profane language, videotaping officers and following them in a car, legal experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Hoyer, through a spokeswoman, said he did not recall the exchange nor using profane language.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2020

Among Facebook’s other labeling projects, one worker in Hyderabad for outsourcing vendor Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp said he and at least 500 colleagues look for sensitive topics or profane language in Facebook videos.

From Reuters • May 6, 2019

Acosta – who recently noted that rapper Kanye West used profane language in the Oval Office – sent Caporale a private message in response.

From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2018

There must be minutes in the life of the most spiritually minded clergyman when to bow a little in the Rimmon House of the gods of profane language would be a relief.

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)