taboo

Example Sentences

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The grading-proposal committee said this will make A-minuses more common—and therefore less taboo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"People are too embarrassed to talk about issues down below or in their bottoms, it can be embarrassing even taboo, but I want to help break the stigma," Trish said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But with your tax preparer, the conversation will turn quickly to that taboo topic — your income.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

A longstanding taboo in Chinese culture against used goods, seen as unclean or a shameful sign of poverty, is lifting rapidly.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The great taboo against touching another’s dæmon was not instinctual but learned, then.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman