swear word
Example Sentences
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“I can’t really say it because there’s a swear word in it,” Quinton Byfield said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2024
“That’s I guess why I thought the word that I said was a swear word and not way worse than it actually is.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
After this conflict, Musgrave predicts Ukrainians will add a new swear word to their vocabulary: “Putin.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
Deprivation is a swear word for many who live in Jaywick, the village labelled England's most deprived area three times in a row.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2019
I sit. putting down my basket, strawberries again, chicken again, and I note the swear word: something new.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
