unmentionable

Example Sentences

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But it’s the one-two punch of mentioning comedy’s unmentionable performer and the cancel culture boogeyman that generated headlines and tossed lighter fluid and a flipped Zippo onto the social media discourse.

From Salon

That relationship, once an unmentionable topic, is now on the agenda of the winning party.

From BBC

Her continued focus on class, the great American unmentionable, made Ms. Tax a distinct voice.

From New York Times

Family friends recalled Irina McCarthy as her mother’s best friend and their own children’s favorite babysitter, who calmly read aloud the definitions of “various unmentionable words” as the kids giggled endlessly.

From Seattle Times

An essential place of unmentionables — in a lot of ways, its purpose is clear, unchanged.

From Los Angeles Times