How to Use four-letter word in a Sentence

four-letter word

noun
  • There's one four-letter word that's banned in our house.
    — NBC News, 2017-10-26
  • Spending is a four-letter word today, so keep your wallet shut tight.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 2022-03-15
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter word.
    — WSJ, 2021-10-15
  • This episode uses a lot of my personal favorite four-letter word.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2020-10-19
  • The sign has elicited honks, middle fingers and a few shouted four-letter words.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 2017-09-24
  • Rain is a four-letter word in the golf community — and not just in the literal sense.
    — Dallas News, 2021-05-09
  • For many, death and dying are four-letter words, forbidden subjects.
    — David L. Stevenson, The Denver Post, 2019-12-26
  • Love: the most dangerous four-letter word in the dictionary.
    — Alexis Jones and Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 2019-02-13
  • Justin Fields should be the equivalent of a four-letter word in the state of Georgia.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 2020-11-03
  • Holiday's teammates all use the same four-letter word to describe him: Glue.
    — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 2019-12-19
  • Flexibility can be a four-letter word in coaching ranks.
    — Everett Cook, San Francisco Chronicle, 2017-12-22
  • And if a firework goes off in your hand, feel free to fire off all the four-letter words you like if the law banning public swearing is repealed.
    — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 2018-01-09
  • Apparently, the one remaining use of the dreaded four-letter word past muster.
    — cleveland, 2020-06-27
  • Co-sign on that particular four-letter word that Elliot called Finn.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2021-05-17
  • The Supreme Court defended free speech Monday, even for four-letter words.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 2019-06-24
  • In adventure and disability circles alike, help is a four-letter word.
    — Christian McMahon, Outside Online, 2021-06-18
  • The famed pop artist Robert Indiana left behind a legacy with a single four-letter word.
    — Patricia Madej, Philly.com, 2018-05-22
  • The only hard coral in Rhode Island waters, it’s often described with a four-letter word: drab.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-05-20
  • This is a cool time of the NFL season, as all fans still have that important four-letter word: Hope.
    — Sportsbookwire Staff, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 2019-09-05
  • Bevin's bridge comments concern anti-toll group Tolls can be a four-letter word in Northern Kentucky.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 2017-10-26
  • To this generation of activists, that four-letter word -- VOTE -- is a battle cry stronger than any hashtag.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 2018-03-25
  • Ahead, the media have a new four-letter word for Donald Trump's Republican Party.
    — Fox News, 2018-06-18
  • Jeanne’s stories are family friendly and appropriate – no four-letter words necessary.
    — Southern Living, 2017-07-30
  • In many respects, those findings mirrored Democrats’ own assessments of Mr. Comey — save for the omission of certain four-letter words.
    — Alexander Burns, New York Times, 2018-06-14
  • Huffman told a joke that included a veiled reference to a four-letter word degrading to women, while telling a story about a woman who was considering running for office.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 2018-02-01
  • The longer answer: Reference to Portlanders’ favorite four-letter word litters the weather service’s forecast.
    — oregonlive, 2020-01-10
  • The cussing has become so contagious that ABC warned participants in the last Democratic debate there would be no broadcast delay, hence no time to bleep four-letter words.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2019-09-23
  • The cussing has become so contagious that ABC warned participants in the last Democratic debate there would be no broadcast delay, hence no time to bleep four-letter words.
    — Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News, 2019-09-24
  • But now that anchormen can't report on the President without dropping a variant of another four-letter word, Rockwell’s misdeed passed largely unnoticed.
    — Jack Dickey, SI.com, 2018-02-02
  • Despite attending a highly regimented girls’ school in a full black veil, Ava’s concerns are surprisingly similar to teenage girls anywhere else in the world — boys, makeup and symbols of individuality like red sneakers and four-letter words.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 2017-09-25

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