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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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Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Mayes wanted to cuss the faceless user out, but decided to simply block the account.
—Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
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Noun
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
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
Verb
Tyler Perry is back with another Netflix comedy, and according to fans, the film is full of raunchy jokes, lots of cussing, and lessons about Black history and culture mixed in between.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Mayes wanted to cuss the faceless user out, but decided to simply block the account.
—Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Cuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuss. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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cuss
1 of 2 noun2
: fellow entry 1 sense 4a
an ornery cuss
cuss
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