profanity - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • contain: RULES: Your fixture comments should not contain profanity, racist material or other abusive language.
  • use: Please do not use profanity or sexually explicit language in The Blue Room or in Private Messages.
  • utter: And Thomas utters not a profanity, ' My Lord and my God!
  • scream: Or maybe I just wanted to sit in the dark with a microphone stuck to my head, screaming profanity at kids.

Adjective modifier

  • such: Messages posted recently have been highly inappropriate and the Club will not abide such profanity on its site.
  • undue: In particular, the use of swear words or undue profanity is discouraged.
  • mild: There was also something wonderfully refreshing in having characters swear when they're in trouble, rather than using pathetically tame, mild profanity.
  • much: He pointed out John Lydon's much celebrated profanity initially slipped out by mistake.

Modifies a noun

  • filter: I've just discovered that their email system has a profanity filter which protects their staff from receiving mail containing any vulgar words.
  • delay: Q: Why is it better than using a conventional profanity delay?

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