How to Use four-letter word in a Sentence

four-letter word

noun
  • Spending is a four-letter word today, so keep your wallet shut tight.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter word.
    — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
  • This episode uses a lot of my personal favorite four-letter word.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The sign has elicited honks, middle fingers and a few shouted four-letter words.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Rain is a four-letter word in the golf community — and not just in the literal sense.
    — Dallas News, 9 May 2021
  • Justin Fields should be the equivalent of a four-letter word in the state of Georgia.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Virginia law demands that residents keep it clean, even in moments crying out for the foulest four-letter words.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Taxes and transit might as well be four-letter words, especially in the suburbs.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Hard seltzer sales soared recently, sure, but beer, the world’s most beautiful four-letter word, peaked in March.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Any other chef might emulate the TV show’s foul-mouthed mentor with a four-letter word.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Co-sign on that particular four-letter word that Elliot called Finn.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 May 2021
  • The Supreme Court defended free speech Monday, even for four-letter words.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 24 June 2019
  • In adventure and disability circles alike, help is a four-letter word.
    — Christian McMahon, Outside Online, 18 June 2021
  • The famed pop artist Robert Indiana left behind a legacy with a single four-letter word.
    — Patricia Madej, Philly.com, 22 May 2018
  • Bevin's bridge comments concern anti-toll group Tolls can be a four-letter word in Northern Kentucky.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Buy Photo The famed pop artist Robert Indiana left behind a legacy with a single four-letter word.
    — Patricia Madej, Philly.com, 22 May 2018
  • To this generation of activists, that four-letter word -- VOTE -- is a battle cry stronger than any hashtag.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The way some fans and media members openly supported the Bulls losing grew embarrassing for many of us in the city, at least the faction that considers tank a four-letter word.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The New York Daily News dedicated its entire front page to the story — but edited a reference to the key four-letter word.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • 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, 23 Sep. 2019
  • That’s just what happened in February 1981, when one of the show’s cast members, Charlie Rocket, uttered a forbidden four-letter word toward the end of a skit.
    — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021

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