Examples of four-letter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield unleashed his frustration on a basketball, spiking it off the court to himself during a stoppage of play and shouting one of the four-letter words that were flying around the Louisville bench Saturday while the Cardinals floundered against Virginia.
—
The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2024
Signature stalwart Erin Weaver, cast as a male soldier named King who becomes Jones’s spotter, deserves another Helen Hayes Award for her innumerable phonetic variations on a particular four-letter word.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
What also may be determined, after all these years, is whether DROP is still a four-letter word in San Diego.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
Attaching a 702 amendment to any stopgap spending bill at this hour, however, could serve as a poison pill, eliciting stiff opposition from House Republicans—such as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan—for whom FISA remains a four-letter word.
—WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
For example, even though The Good Fight was a spinoff of CBS’s The Good Wife, its creators wanted to make a program whose content wasn’t compatible with broadcast standards (think regular usage of four-letter words) and that aimed higher than the typical Eye procedural drama.
—Vulture, 19 Oct. 2023
The answer to this week’s crossword contest is a four-letter part of the body.
—WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
Mold is an ugly four-letter word that is found too often in bathrooms.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023
The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter word.
—WSJ, 23 June 2023
The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2024
Signature stalwart Erin Weaver, cast as a male soldier named King who becomes Jones’s spotter, deserves another Helen Hayes Award for her innumerable phonetic variations on a particular four-letter word.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
What also may be determined, after all these years, is whether DROP is still a four-letter word in San Diego.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
Attaching a 702 amendment to any stopgap spending bill at this hour, however, could serve as a poison pill, eliciting stiff opposition from House Republicans—such as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan—for whom FISA remains a four-letter word.
—WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
For example, even though The Good Fight was a spinoff of CBS’s The Good Wife, its creators wanted to make a program whose content wasn’t compatible with broadcast standards (think regular usage of four-letter words) and that aimed higher than the typical Eye procedural drama.
—Vulture, 19 Oct. 2023
The answer to this week’s crossword contest is a four-letter part of the body.
—WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
Mold is an ugly four-letter word that is found too often in bathrooms.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023
The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter word.
—WSJ, 23 June 2023
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'four-letter.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to four-letter
Dictionary Entries Near four-letter
Cite this Entry
“Four-letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-letter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share