How to Use taboo in a Sentence

taboo

1 of 2 adjective

• Sex is a taboo subject for many people.
• In this company, dating a coworker is considered taboo.
• But the issue is no longer taboo.
  — Amy McAuliffe, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
• One of the most taboo things in the whole movie is about motherhood.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 18 June 2022
• It’s been a taboo subject for so long, people haven’t talked about it.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
• Getting work done isn’t taboo anymore.
  — Essence, 21 Nov. 2025
• But on the other hand, everyone knew that dry cake was taboo.
  — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
• Messing with resting places is taboo for a few reasons.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
• Talking about poop can be taboo, and this social norm may be hurting our health.
  — Berly McCoy, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026
• Coprolalia is only one form of taboo tic.
  — Rena Zito, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
• Over the last couple of years, the taboo topic of loss has been brought to the forefront.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022
• The mom, who is 40, can’t wrap her head around how cannabis became so taboo in the first place.
  — Ellen McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2022
• Creating new work by a late artist is usually taboo in the art world.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 14 May 2022
• Her work was rooted in a belief that erotic art was not taboo — but deeply human.
  — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
• It's become taboo to enter a store just to look around, strange to sit and talk for hours in a dining hall.
  — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
• So, taboo topics, or even just questions that aren’t as frequently asked.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2023
• The thought that a child’s behavior can be bad—mean, greedy, selfish—is often taboo.
  — Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
• Her platform has since evolved into a forum to discuss even the most taboo topics.
  — Tara Aquino, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022
• What was once a taboo topic in college football is now openly discussed.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
• No subject is too taboo, no genre sacred or barred from fusing with another.
  — Max Bell, SPIN, 11 May 2022
• Then there will be those who adore it simply for daring to bring up such seemingly taboo matters.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
• And yet talking about the infirmities that come with age is largely taboo.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2023
• Today, the word and its variants are ubiquitous and less taboo than ever.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
• Engaging with the question of Palestine is taboo at my school.
  — Sahar Mustafah august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
• What interests you about the idea of these things that used to be taboo but now are entering the mainstream?
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
• Don’t be surprised if people ask tougher questions or simply feel more drawn to taboo topics.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
• But while pale pink tends to be tied to all the innocence of girlhood, hot pink is, well, a lot hotter and more taboo.
  — Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 14 July 2022
• While some places may have more lenient views towards its use, others might view it as taboo or even offensive.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
• Conversations about weight loss drugs are still taboo, and many people don’t talk about them openly.
  — Giana Levy, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
• Prenups aren’t taboo anymore—at least not for members of some younger generations.
  — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2025

taboo

2 of 2 noun

• Marrying a close relative is a taboo in many cultures.
• There are so many taboos against it.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
• The brain misfires on what feels charged or taboo.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
• And, that taboo still exists, that red line is still very bright.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
• But the writing of the taboo can be a metaphor for other things.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2022
• The art world had been caught in Beecroft’s perverse taboo beam.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
• There’s nothing that little kids like more than taboos.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
• And for now, there are good reasons why these taboos still exist.
  — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
• Is a taboo crossed when someone attacks?
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• Is a taboo crossed when someone threatens?
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• But there's such a taboo around the idea of people who are sectioned.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
• But there's such a taboo around the idea of people who are sectioned.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
• There’s this taboo that women can’t show themselves in this way.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
• The Chris Brown taboo has been lifted.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
• Maybe not your usual taboo, tabloid-fare acting, if that makes sense.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 18 Apr. 2022
• That was Bravo taboo for a little bit.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026
• Broaching the taboo topic…again?
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
• The reasons differed each time the taboo topic came up.
  — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
• What was once an old style taboo is, clearly, now a fresh color pairing.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
• That’s obviously dealt with in the film; the whole scary clown thing, which is like a taboo.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
• What style taboo will this rogue Jennifer Lawrence embrace next?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
• These direct talks would be breaking a massive taboo for the country.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
• One longstanding taboo is being tossed aside in the quest for soldiers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• Even between mom friends, talking about your bikini line can feel like a taboo overshare.
  — Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025
• Euthanasia is still a big taboo in Turkey.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
• Friðriksdóttir was asked whether there had been a taboo about menstrual blood.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• Rather than making the word taboo, the football ecosystem should embrace it.
  — Kirk Bowman, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
• Their smaller size, some experts fear, could break down the nuclear taboo.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
• However, the film tries to avoid moral judgments, and even embraces taboos.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• But no one was daring enough to pursue it as a career because at the time it was looked at as taboo.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023