slur
Example Sentences
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A national 2024 Center for American Progress survey found that one in three LGBTQI+ Americans experienced verbal harassment — including offensive comments, slurs and jokes — in their place of work.
From Salon
David had a tumor on his cheek that “distorted his face and slurred his speech.”
What they refrain from hurling in that moment, or at any point throughout “Welcome to Derry,” is a dehumanizing slur splashed all over the pages of the original “It.”
From Salon
Mr. Massie, whose slurred accent sounds at once Scottish, English and French, possesses the sort of old-world education presently facing extinction.
He didn’t plan this slur, but clearly he meant it and did not care who heard it.
From Los Angeles Times
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