Example sentences for: f-word

How can you use “f-word” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The original edition of The F-Word was a successful project.

  • In Will's mind, most seriously non-serious seems to be that Bush used the f-word on the record with a reporter.

  • The original work for The F-Word proved that fuck was used in a variety of figurative senses far earlier than had previously been believed, and that certain expressions were years or decades older than anyone had realized.

  • The present Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, because of his tendency to change his public position on such things as the universality of social programs, is widely known as Lyin'-Brian . In the 1970s, Prime Minister Trudeau was overheard using the f-word in the House of Commons, but when asked about it later, he claimed that what he had said was fuddle-duddle . The country was generally amused (though not deceived) by this humorous explanation.

  • Liberman argues convincingly that the word is part of a large family of Germanic words having the form f + [short vowel] + [stop], having the base meaning to move back and forth (not to thrust, as most dictionaries, and the original edition of The F-Word, had it).


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