How to Use N-word in a Sentence
N-word
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In the exchange viewed by the Courant, the student texted Justin the N-word over and over.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
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Oh yeah, the other episode where Larry says the N-word a bunch.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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This student used a box cutter to etch the N-word across his chest.
—CBS News, 22 Sep. 2024
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The Sun publishes a video of Bieber saying the N-word while telling a joke.
—Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
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Kerr, who is Black, alleged that a white colleague called him the N-word.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
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During that school year, for the first time in my life, I was called the N-word by the younger brother of one of my classmates.
—Pia Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
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There’s been a reappraisal of her over the years, as someone who was racist in her time and used the N-word in her letters.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 May 2024
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Workers of color say they were called the N-word and saw swastikas painted on the bathroom.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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These social commentary songs were strange; some had the N-word in it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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To my mind, the ugliest, nastiest word in the English language is the N-word.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 May 2024
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If you or your parents were born in Africa or in the Caribbean, are you allowed to say the N-word?
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 June 2023
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And in 2022, a neighbor of his almost ran over one of Dunn’s son with his truck after calling them the N-word.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
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In 2021, Wallen faced backlash after a video of him saying the N-word surfaced.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
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Students who were watching called out the male student for pushing the girl first and using the N-word against her.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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In 2018, houseguest Kaitlyn Herman used the N-word when quoting a Drake song.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
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The N-word was spray-painted next to a swastika, along with a profane message, on the vehicles.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
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Cameras placed in the home of Michaela and Connie Pineda showed her painting N-word and a swastika in their driveway.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2023
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In 2021, Morgan garnered backlash in response to a surfaced video of him using the N-word.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
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He was embroiled in some controversy when he was caught on video saying the N-word.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
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Arie also called attention to Rogan using the N-word on the podcast.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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In May of 2020, the reality star came under fire for using the N-word in an Instagram video.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
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She was probably called a [N-word] more times than she was called Viola — and ugly.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2024
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Ten days after the gun allegation, Addison told her mother that the same classmate had touched her and called her the N-word.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
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The mob mocked him with the N-word and assaulted him, striking him in the head, and then repeatedly punching and kicking him in his body, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
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The student, Mary Walton, recorded the teacher, whom the school district has not publicly identified, using the N-word twice in a video that lasts about one minute.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 17 May 2023
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Wallen has made his return to the music scene following the February 2021 video in which he was heard yelling the N-word and other expletives.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
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Wallen found himself at the center of controversy in 2021 when he was caught on video using the N-word and other expletives.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 July 2024
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This helps explain why both Malone and Wallen have been caught in similar scandals: using the N-word when talking to their buddies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 June 2024
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The movie spent the autumn stepping on rakes: Mortensen uttered the N-word during a Q&A, and the real pianist’s family revealed they had not been consulted on the film.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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The use of the N-word by non-Black members of the prosecution and defense in is generating online criticism.
—Erin Keller, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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