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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Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus
of budget appliances failing before their time.
—Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Jason Quick, New York Times, 2 June 2026
By the time Ben is unmaking the bed, lying in it, and cussing João out, the fight is bad.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
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Noun
He’d just been followed down a country highway by an angry mob, which screamed cusses and gave him the finger.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus
of budget appliances failing before their time.
—Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
The man who blew the whistle didn’t shout, didn’t cuss and didn’t make a scene.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 2 June 2026
By the time Ben is unmaking the bed, lying in it, and cussing João out, the fight is bad.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
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“Cuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuss. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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cuss
1 of 2 noun2
: fellow entry 1 sense 4a
an ornery cuss
cuss
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