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
Meanwhile, The Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra pointed out that Acosta isn’t the first CNN employee to use profane language on Twitter.
From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2018
One day General Howard started out with a handful of leaflets on swearing, with the intention of giving one to every man whom he heard using profane language.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
