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Examples of cuss in a Sentence
Noun
a man who has never uttered a single cuss
Verb
She started to yell and cuss as soon as she saw him.
the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing
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Jim Meddleton, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
The film stays in the perspective of an unstoppable killer/monster named Johnny who frequently uses very sharp objects to prey on campers, rangers, hikers and a crotchety old cuss — all in acts of vengeance for the evil that has been perpetrated on him.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
Free speech, for example, was originally reined in by bans on blasphemy, cussing, and even certain theater performances.
—Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024
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Noun
My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.
—Jim Meddleton, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
The film stays in the perspective of an unstoppable killer/monster named Johnny who frequently uses very sharp objects to prey on campers, rangers, hikers and a crotchety old cuss — all in acts of vengeance for the evil that has been perpetrated on him.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
Verb
Zoom in: Richmond Twitter doesn't cuss enough to be in the top swearing cities, but Hampton — which coincidentally has the world's largest naval station — does.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
Free speech, for example, was originally reined in by bans on blasphemy, cussing, and even certain theater performances.
—Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Cuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuss. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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