swear word
Example Sentences
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"It could be anything from a swear word to telling somebody they're beautiful. I don't know what it's going to be."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
“I can’t really say it because there’s a swear word in it,” Quinton Byfield said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2024
After this conflict, Musgrave predicts Ukrainians will add a new swear word to their vocabulary: “Putin.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Joseph Schuster, said last week that for him the word “Jew” is neither a swear word nor discriminatory.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
He’d heard the word so often—mostly from Maria—he’d thought it was only a swear word, like dumdum or cootie face.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
