slur

Example Sentences

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Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

"I categorically deny using a misogynistic slur 14 years ago and I'm horrified at its invention more than a decade later. It is absolutely not a word I would have used."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Labour MP Dawn Butler wrote to the BBC asking for an "urgent explanation" as to why the slur was broadcast despite the show being on a delay.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

“Phew, Jules, I am pooped,” I slur, shooting her a side eye and seeing her pregnant belly at eye level just over my shoulder.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott